Ohvarchalaya (ohvarchale), osharshalaya, oshvarshvalaya, makosalaya, obarchhalaya, otantalaya, ohardzhalaya, madjargvalaya (majargvaya), ahalaya, shengelaya, halaya, okankalaya, qualaya, makvarzalaya (makvarzaya), makakalaya, obandalaya, obarchhalaya, ogvargvalaya, ovarkalaya, okarkalaya, ozhgartalaya, orgialaya, orshialaya, orcialaya, orhialaya, osarkalaya, ocharchalaya, oharkalaya, opapalaya, okvachalaya, okkvakvalaya, oshkvartalaya, otsarkalaya, ohantalaya, ohvargalaya, ohvakhvalaya...
These words are all from Kajaia's Megrelian dictionary. The ending "-alaya" is very common, and sooner or later it will be necessary to decipher it.
But now we just need to put the word "Himalaya" in this row and understand its Megrelian essence. The root "khim-" in the Georgian language is found in several words, which are related to a fence, a palisade, or simply to a pole.
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