სფინქსი (sp'ink'si)=sphinx=σφίγγα
WIKTIONARY: Etymology
From Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ
(Sphínx). Perhaps from σφίγγω (sphingo, “to squeeze, to strangle”), or
from Egyptian Szp-'nx (shesp-ankh) 'divine image', literally, 'living
image'.
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