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ხე

ხე

Georgian

Noun

ხე (xe) (plural ხეები)

  1. tree
  2. (computing) tree

Inflection

Derived terms


Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *qel-. Cognate with Georgian ხელი (xeli).

Noun

ხე (xe)

  1. hand

References

  • Adjarian, H. (1898), “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 396

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *qel-. Cognate with Georgian ხელი (xeli).

Noun

ხე (xe)

  1. hand

Old Georgian

Etymology

According to Klimov / Xalilov, a Nakh borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Nakh *χēn; see there for more. The word replaced native ძელი (ʒeli) in Old Georgian.

Noun

ხე (xe)

  1. tree

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ხე”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 561
  • Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Slovarʹ kavkazskix jazykov. Sopostavlenije osnovnoj leksiki [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, ISBN 5-02-018283-4, pages 212–213
  • orbeliani, sulxan-saba (1685–1716), iordanišvili s., editor, siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 466