акалаҭ

Abkhaz

Alternative forms
  • аклаҭ (akʼlat)

Etymology

From Georgian კალათი (ḳalati), ultimately from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos).[1][2]

Noun

а-калаҭ • (a-kʼalat)

  1. basket

References
  1. Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎ (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 13
  2. Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 145

Further reading
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A., Džonwa, B. Gʲ. (2016) “корзи́на”, in Awrəs–apswa ẑʷar / Русско–абхазский словарь [Russian–Abkhaz Dictionary]‎, volumes I–III, Sukhum: Dom pečati, page 637a
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