წანწალა

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ծանծաղ (cancał, shallow).[1] Ačaṙean explains the sense development as "shallow" → "ford" → "place for crossing".

Noun edit

წანწალა (c̣anc̣ala)

  1. (obsolete) a board over water or a pit used as a bridge

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծանծաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 445a