ცახი

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ցախ (cʿax).

Noun

ცახი • (caxi) (plural ცახები)

  1. twigs put near a silkworm, on which it starts spinning its silk cocoon

References
  • čubinašvili, niḳo (1812–1825), “ცახი”, in kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ցախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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