ვენაჴი

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

ვენაჴი (venaqi)

  1. vine
  2. (by extension) vineyard

Usage notes edit

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • 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