ვაჭარი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ვაჭარი (vač̣ari).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vat͡ʃʼari/, [vat͡ʃʼaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ვა‧ჭა‧რი

Noun edit

ვაჭარი (vač̣ari) (plural ვაჭრები)

  1. merchant, tradesman

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Mingrelian edit

Noun edit

ვაჭარი (vač̣ari)

  1. Alternative form of ვანჭარი (vanč̣ari)

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վաճառ (vačaṙ) or directly from its Middle Iranian source. See Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾčʾl /⁠wāzār⁠/) for more.

Noun edit

ვაჭარი (vač̣ari)

  1. merchant, tradesman

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვაჭარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 154b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վաճառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 299ab
  • Bielmeier, Roland (1985) “Zu iranischen Lehnwörtern im Georgischen und Armenischen”, in H. M. Ölberg, G. Schmidt, editors, Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungen: Festschrift für Johann Knobloch zum 65. Geburtstag (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft; 23) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, page 35
  • Dočanašvili, Elene (1945) Masalebi adišis otxtavis armenizmebis saḳitxisatvi [Materials on the issue of Armenisms in Adishi Four Gospels (dissertation)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 34, 142
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ვაჭარი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 443b