ხალკი
Laz
Alternative forms
- ხალხი (xalxi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خلق (halk), derived from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq). Doublet of ხარკი (xarǩi)
Noun
ხალკი • (xalǩi) (Latin spelling xalǩi)
- public, folk, people, community
- Არ ხალკი გოკუცხუნ.
- Ar xalǩi goǩuʒxun.
- A people is awakening (A nation is rising).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ხალკი (xalǩi) | ხალკეფე (xalǩepe) |
| ergative | ხალკიქ (xalǩik) | ხალკეფექ (xalǩepek) |
| dative | ხალკის (xalǩis) | ხალკეფეს (xalǩepes) |
| genitive | ხალკიშ(ი) (xalǩiş(i)) | ხალკეფეშ(ი) (xalǩepeş(i)) |
| directive | ხალკიშე (xalǩişe) | ხალკეფეშე (xalǩepeşe) |
| ablative | ხალკიშენ (xalǩişen) | ხალკეფეშენ (xalǩepeşen) |
| locative | ხალკის (xalǩis) | ხალკეფეს (xalǩepes) |
| instrumental | ხალკითენ (xalǩiten) | ხალკეფეთენ (xalǩepeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “xalk’i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ხალხი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi