აშხალ

Svan

Alternative forms
  • არშხალ (aršxal), არჩხალ (arčxal), არჩხილ (arčxil)

Etymology

Apparently akin to Georgian აშხალი (ašxali, “tree/branch cuttings”), which is attested only in Fereydan dialect.[1]

Noun

აშხალ • (ašxal) (plural აშხლა̈რ or აშხალა̈რ)

  1. branch, bough

References
  1. Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2017), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - IV [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - IV]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XIV, Tbilisi, page 18 of 18–32, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian

Further reading
  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “არჩხალ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 30a
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “აშხალ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 32a
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012), “შტო”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Universal, page 216b
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “აშხალ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 150
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