# ოხორი
## Laz
### Alternative forms

* ოხოჲი (oxoyi) — Alternative spelling
* ოხო (oxo) — Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *lʿa-xal-.

### Noun

ოხორი • (oxori) (Latin spelling oxori)
* house, home
    ღომამჯი ონდღე შქულე ოხოშე მომალუğomamci ondğe şkule oxoşe momaluI was able to come home yesterday afternoon
* (figurative) shell
    ფენწეშ ოხორიpenǯeş oxoriSnail's shell

#### Usage notes

ოხო (oxo) form is sometimes observed to be pronounced as ოხო-მუში (oxo-muşi) instead of ოხორი-მუში (oxori-muşi), ოხოშე (oxoşe) instead of ოხორიშე (oxorişe), etc. It is also pronounced as ოხო- (oxo-) instead of ოხორ- (oxor-) in some compound words.

#### Derived terms

* ოხორპიჯი (oxorp̌ici)
* ოხორპიჟი (oxorp̌iji)
* ოხორიპიჯი (oxorip̌ici)
* ოხომონდულე (oxomondule)
* ოხომონდული (oxomonduli)
* მანდროხორი (mandroxori)
* ოხომონდუნი (oxomonduni)
* ოხორიამოლვა (oxoriamolva)
* ოხორმონდუნი (oxormonduni)
* ოხორიდოხუნაშე (oxoridoxunaşe)
* ოხორიში პიჯი (oxorişi p̌ici)
* ფენწეშ ოხორი (penǯeş oxori)
* ფენწოშ ოხორი (penǯoş oxori)

### Further reading

* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 828
* Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 123: “Okori”
* Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “oxori”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
* Marr, N. (1910) “ოხორი”, 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 178a
* Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოხორი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

## Mingrelian
### Alternative forms

* ოხორე (oxore) — rare

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *lʿa-xal-.

### Noun

ოხორი • (oxori) (plural ოხორეფი)
* home, house, dwelling
    Synonym: ჸუდე (ʾude)
* (rare) castle

### Further reading

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ოხორი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1167
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ოხორი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 295b
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 828
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ოხორი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
* Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ოხორი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN