аҳабырзакь

Abkhaz

Etymology

From Georgian ხაბურზაკი (xaburzaḳi), from Middle Iranian. See Persian خربزه (xarboze) for more.[1] Doublet of акарпыжә (akʼarpʼəẑʷ).

Noun

а-ҳабырзакь • (a-ḥabərzakʲʼ) (Abzhywa)

  1. watermelon

Synonyms

References
  1. Шагиров, А. К. (1989) В. И. Абаев, editor, Заимствованная лексика абхазо-адыгских языков [Borrowed vocabulary of Abkhazo-Adyghean languages]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 145, derives from Mingrelian
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