ბერზენ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ბერზემ (berzem), ბერძენ (berʒen), ბერძემ (berʒem)

Etymology

Either from Mingrelian ბერზენი (berzeni) or from Old Georgian ბერძენი (berʒeni), see the latter for more.

Noun

ბერზენ • (berzen)

1. Greek (person)

References

• Buḳia, Manana (2013) Teimuraz Gvancelaʒe, editor, Narḳvevebi kartvelur-apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merediani, →ISBN, page 179
• Saɣliani, Medea (2016) Važa Šengelia, editor, Svanuri enis sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi [On the Structure of the Svan language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, pages 340, 343, derives from Georgian