ყბაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *q̇ab-.

Noun

ყბაჲ • (q̇bay)

1. jaw

Derived terms

• ნიყბერი (niq̇beri, “mandible; chin”)

Descendants

• Georgian: ყბა (q̇ba, “jaw; beard”)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ყბაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 465a
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ყბაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1308a