Svan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁aɣl-.

Noun edit

ჟეღ (žeɣ) (plural ჟეღა̈რ)

  1. dog

Further reading edit

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ჟეღ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 253b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ჟეღ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 248
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ძაღლი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 232a
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჟეღ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1532