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7/16/2020, 5:53 PM Lucille
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11/15/2016, 10:04 PM HL

Name Bakhva
Gender Masculine
Usage Mingrelian, Georgian, Ossetian, Literature
Scripts ბახვა(Georgian) Бахвӕ(Ossetian)
Other Forms FormsVariant transcriptions: Bahva, Bakhvæ, Baxva
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Georgian sources state that this name is of Mingrelian origin and means "well-set, stocky".

But according to a Russian source, this name is derived from Middle Persian baxt meaning "fortune, fate", which is written as بخت (baxt) in modern Persian.

In Georgian literature, Bakhva is the name of the main character of the 1890 novel პირველი ნაბიჯი (Pirveli Nabiji) meaning "The First Step", which was written by the Georgian author Giorgi Tsereteli (1842-1900).
Added 11/15/2016 by HL