# ჩლიქი
## Georgian
### Alternative forms

* ჩლოქო (čloko) — Adjara
* ჩლოქვი (člokvi) — İnegöl
* ჩილქი (čilki) — Imereti
* ჭკილ (č̣ḳil) — Ingilo
* ჭლიკი (č̣liḳi) — Adjara, Guria, Shavsheti, Khevi, Javakheti
* ჭლიკვი (č̣liḳvi) — Racha
* ჭლინკი (č̣linḳi) — Kiziqi

### Etymology

Uncertain.
Sarǯvelaʒe (apud Fähnrich) together with Mingrelian ჩირქე (čirke, “hoof”) derives from Proto-Georgian-Zan *člik- without taking into account the alternative forms. Note also Old Georgian ჭლაკი (č̣laḳi, “paw; hoof”), ჭლიკი (č̣liḳi), the forms ჩლიქი, ჩლოქი, ჭლიკი, ჭლაკი (čliki, čloki, č̣liḳi, č̣laḳi) recorded by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, as well as Mingrelian ჩორქო (čorko), Svan ჩილქ (čilk), ფო(რ)-ჩლიკ (po(r)-čliḳ).
Related to Old Armenian կճղակ (kčłak, “hoof”), Bats ჭალკო̆ (č̣alḳŏ), Andi чукӏа (čukʼa), Akhvakh цекӏа (cekʼa), чӏекӏа (čʼekʼa, “foot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃʰlikʰi]
* Hyphenation: ჩლი‧ქი

### Noun

ჩლიქი • (čliki) (plural ჩლიქები)
* hoof
* (dialectal) lower leg, from knee to ankle
* (dialectal) shin

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### Derived terms

* ნალსა და ჩლიქს შუა გამოდის (nalsa da čliks šua gamodis)
* ბოძი ჩლიქი (boʒi čliki)

### References

* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჩლოქო”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 276b
* ↑ “ჩლოქვი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
* ↑ “ჩილქი”, in Imeruli leksiḳoni [Imeretian Dictionary]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2009
* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჭკილ”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 344b
* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჭლიკი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 345a
* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჭლიკვი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 345a
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 566
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*člik-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 544
* ↑ Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჭლაკი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 558a
* ↑ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჩლოქი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 425b
* ↑ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჩლიქი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 425b
* ↑ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჭლაკი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 460a
* ↑ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჭლიკი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 460a