ვენაჴი

Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *wenaq-. The sense development "grapevine" → "vineyard" is also seen in Old Armenian այգի (aygi).

Noun

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ვენაჴი (venaqi)

  1. vine
  2. (by extension) vineyard

Usage notes

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In translations, corresponds to Old Armenian որթ (ortʻ), այգի (aygi), այգեստան (aygestan), and ուռ (uṙ).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვენაჴი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 174
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ვენაჴი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 302b