ზუთხი

Georgian

Etymology

Perhaps akin to Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (fish).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zutʰxi/, [zutʰχi]
  • Hyphenation: ზუ‧თხი

Noun

ზუთხი • (zutxi) (plural ზუთხები)

  1. sturgeon

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Armenian: զութխի (zutʻxi) (Tbilisi)
  • ? Mingrelian: ზინთხუ (zintxu)
    • Abkhaz: а-жәынҭхь (a-ẑʷəntxʲ)

See also

References

  1. Джаукян, Г. Б. (1967) Взаимоотношение индоевропейских, хурритско-урартских и кавказских языков [The interrelationship of Indo-European, Hurro-Urartian and Caucasian languages] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 81
  2. Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 178–180
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