ძოკი
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ძოკია (ʒoḳia), ძოკა (ʒoḳa), ზოკი (zoḳi), ზაკი (zaḳi), ზაქი (zaki)
Etymology
A borrowing from the family of words represented by Georgian ზაქი (zaki), Old Armenian ձագ (jag), Classical Syriac ܙܓܐ (zāggā), Persian زاق (zâq). The various alternative forms reflect different chronological layers of borrowing, the forms with -ო- (-o-) being the oldest ones as they exhibit the *a → o sound change in Zan. For the forms with ძ- (ʒ-) compare ձագ (jag). The form ზაქი (zaki) is borrowed from Georgian ზაქი (zaki).
Noun
ძოკი • (ʒoḳi)
- the young of various animals (buffalo, cow, pig)
- Coordinate terms: ბზანგი (bzangi), ღოღო (ɣoɣo), ბატი (baṭi), კოტია (ḳoṭia)
Descendants
- → Abkhaz: а-ӡокь (a-dzokʲʼ), а-ӡакь (a-dzakʲʼ), а-ӡакьа (a-dzakʲʼa)
References
- Kvarčija, V. Je. (1981) Животноводческая (пастушеская) лексика в абхазском языке [Animal husbandry (pastoral) vocabulary in Abkhaz][1] (in Russian), Sukhumi: Alashara, page 86
Further reading
More information
- Kaǯaia, Otar (2003) “ძოკი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary][2] (in Mingrelian and Georgian), volume III, Tbilisi: Nekari, page 391b
- Kaǯaia, Otar (2003) “ძოკა, ძოკია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary][3] (in Mingrelian and Georgian), volume III, Tbilisi: Nekari, page 391b
- Klimov, G. A., Kaǯaia, Otar (2013) “ძოკი(ა)”, in Мегрельско-русско-грузинский словарь [Mingrelian–Russian–Georgian Dictionary][4], Moscow: Govorun, →ISBN, page 397
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ძოკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 692b
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ძოკა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[6], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 692b
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ზოკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[7], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 310b
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ზაკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[8], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 307a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ზაქი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[9], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 308a
- Kobalia, Alio (2020) “ზაქი”, in Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Kartul-megruli leksiḳoni [Georgian–Mingrelian Dictionary], Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 335b