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გზა
 
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Etymology edit

From Old Georgian გზაჲ (gzay), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *gza- (road, path), from Proto-Kartvelian *gz- (to go).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡza/, [ɡ̊za]
  • Hyphenation: გზა

Noun edit

გზა (gza) (plural გზები)

  1. way, path, road
  2. way, method

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Laz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *gza- (road, path), from Proto-Kartvelian *gz- (to go).

Noun edit

გზა (gza) (plural გზალეფე, Latin spelling gza)

  1. track, road, way, path
    1. a place to cross over land and go somewhere
      ჟიმოკანი გზა დიდო ენდრაგენდრა რენ. ვარიდუზანაშა არაბა ვარგოლალენ.
      jimoǩani gza dido endragendra ren. variduzanaşa araba vargolalen.
      The road behind the house is very bumpy. No cars can pass until it is fixed.
    2. where one must pass
      თიშინერი ნავარუჲონუნ გზა გვანდინენ
      tişineri navaruyonun gza gvandinen
      Without a leader, the path is lost
    3. (figurative) life
      არ გზაზ კაჲითი ივენ, პატითი
      ar gzaz ǩayiti iven, p̌aťiti
      There are good and bad people on a road (It is possible to meet all kinds of people in life)

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Further reading edit

  • Marr, N. (1910) “გზა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 134b