ჩონგური

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Mingrelian ჩონგური (čonguri) and Laz ჩანგური (çanguri). Widely attested among other Caucasian languages; compare also Tabasaran чугри (čugri), Lezgi чуьнгуьр (čüngür), Aghul чунгур (čungur), Abkhaz ачамгуыр (ačamgwər).[1] Possibly from Persian چنگ (čang, harp, lyre).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃonɡuri/, [t͡ʃʰoŋɡuɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ჩონ‧გუ‧რი

Noun edit

ჩონგური (čonguri) (plural ჩონგურები)

  1. (music) chonguri, a four-stringed lute (played by plucking and strumming) from Western Georgia. Three of the strings are fingered, while the fourth is a drone string. It is mainly found around Samegrelo, Abkhazia, Imereti, Guria, and Achara, and rarely in Lechkhumi.

Inflection edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1994) Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics]‎[1] (in German), German adaptation by Jost Gippert, Hamburg: Buske Helmut, pages 294-295

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჩონგური”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press