Svan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Adyghe зэнтхъ (zɛntχ).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ზჷნთხ (zəntx)

  1. oats (Avena spp.)

References

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  1. ^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 206
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 217
  3. ^ Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎[2], Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9

Further reading

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  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ზჷნთხ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 547