ზაფანა

Mingrelian

ზაფანა

Alternative forms

• ზარფანა (zarpana)

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ზაფრანა (zaprana).

Noun

ზაფანა • (zapana)

1. hot pepper

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ზაფანა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 556
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ზაფანა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 236b