ოხრასქირი

Laz

Alternative forms
  • ოხასკირი (oxasǩiri) — Atina
  • ოხრასკირი (oxrasǩiri), ოხრასკურე (oxrasǩure) — Artasheni

Etymology

From ოხორი (oxori, “house”) +‎ სქირი (skiri, “son”), literally “son of house”. For other compound nouns made with ოხორი (oxori), declaring "kinship and social status", compare ოხორჯა (oxorca), ოხრასურე (oxrasure) and ოხოჭკურა (oxoç̌ǩura).

Noun

ოხრასქირი • (oxraskiri) (Latin spelling oxraskiri) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

  1. brother-in-law
    ნუსაქ ოხრასქირი-მუში მალთეში ბოზოს ნუმსქვანამს
    nusak oxraskiri-muşi malteşi bozos numskvanams
    The bride suits her brother-in-law to the girl next door

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “oxraskiri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ოხრასქირი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 178b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოხრასქირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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