თახაშხა

Mingrelian

Etymology

Blend of *თახა (*taxa) +‎ -შ (-š, genitive case marker) +‎ დღა (dɣa, “day”), the meaning of *თახა (*taxa) is unknown, sometimes theorized to represent a pre-Christian God of war, mimicking Ares.[1]

Cognate with Laz თახაჩხა (taxaçxa).

Noun

თახაშხა • (taxašxa)

  1. Tuesday

Descendants
  • → Svan: თახა̈შ (taxäš), თახაშ (taxaš)

See also

References
  1. Kobalia, Alio (2010) “თახა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Further reading
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “თახაშხა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 241a
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “თახაშხა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 585
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “თახაშხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “თახაშხა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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