чышкъына

Udi

Etymology

A Mongolic borrowing, from Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠴᠠᠷᠭᠠᠨᠠ (čičarɣana, “sea buckthorn”), Azerbaijani çısqana, Mongolian чацаргана (čacargana), Armenian չիչխան (čʻičʻxan) and Turkish çıçırgan. But unlike its cognates, Udi word doesn't mean sea buckthorn.

Noun

чышкъына • (čəšq̇əna)

1. Christ's thorn

Synonyms

• джаьрджи (ǯärǯi)
• къаратикан (q̇aratikan)

Further reading

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “чышкъына”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Baku: Academy Press, page 238