ахча

Chechen

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Kumyk акъча (aqça). Cognates include Ingush а̄хча (aaxča).

It was originally borrowed with *гӏ (), but it changed to х (x) before ч (č).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːxt͡ʃa/

Noun

а̄хча • (aaxčaclass dd (genitive а̄хчанан, ergative а̄хчано̄, instrumental а̄хчанца, plural а̄хчанаш)

  1. money

Declension

Declension of ахча (-н- extension, no ablaut)
singular plural
nominative а̄хча (aaxča) а̄хчанаш (aaxčanaš)
genitive а̄хчанан (aaxčanan) а̄хчанийн (aaxčaniı̇n)
dative а̄хчанна (aaxčanna) а̄хчанашна (aaxčanašna)
ergative а̄хчано̄ (aaxčanoo) а̄хчанаша (aaxčanaša)
allative а̄хчане̄ (aaxčanee) а̄хчанашка (aaxčanaška)
instrumental а̄хчанца (aaxčanca) а̄хчанашца (aaxčanašca)
lative а̄хчанах (aaxčanax) а̄хчанех (aaxčanex)
comparative а̄хчанал (aaxčanal) а̄хчанел (aaxčanel)

References

  • Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961) Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 40
  • Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “ахча”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 48b

Khakas

Noun

ахча • (axça)

  1. money

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āk. Cognate to Khakas ахча (axça), etc.

Noun

ахча • (ahča)

  1. money

References

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1966), “ахча”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo) Jazyka - Dialekty Černevyx Tatar (Tuba-Kiži) - Grammatičeskij Očerk i Slovarʹ [Northern Altai Dialect of Altai Language - Black Tatar Dialect (Tuba-Kiži), Grammatical text and dictionary], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN, page 105