ზიგარა

Laz

Alternative forms

• სიგარა (sigara) — Apso, Chanapeti, Chenneti, Borghola
• ძიგარა (żigara), ძიგაა (żigaa) — Sumla, Lome, Batumi

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سیغاره (sigara), from Spanish cigarro.

Noun

ზიგარა • (zigara) (Latin spelling zigara) (Vizha, Artasheni)

1. cigarette

   Synonym: თუთუნი (tutuni)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “zigara”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ზიგარა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi