Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Georgian მუნჯი (munǯi), from Middle Armenian մունջ (munǰ).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mund͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: მუნ‧ჯი

Adjective edit

მუნჯი (munǯi) (comparative უფრო მუნჯი, superlative ყველაზე მუნჯი)

  1. dumb, mute

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bats: მუნჯ (munǯ)

References edit

  1. ^ Čubinov, David (1840) “მუნჯი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 353b
  2. ^ Kluge, Theodor (1913) “Die Indo-Germanischen Lehnwörter im Georgischen”, in Revue de linguistique et de philologie comparée[1] (in German), volume 46, Paris, page 262
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մունջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 359b
  4. ^ Bouda, Karl (1950) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erforschung des Georgischen”, in Lingua (in German), volume 2, number 3, →DOI, page 303 of 291–307