ჟინდო

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჯინდო (cindo) — Artasheni

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *z₁e-da- (“upper”). Cognate with Georgian ზედა (zeda) and Mingrelian ჟინდო (žindo).

Adverb

ჟინდო • (jindo) (Latin spelling jindo) (Atina, Vizha)

1. from top to bottom in the vertical direction
   1. overhead, on top, over

      ჟინდო ჩემანე ჯელაბუტუ. ალიში ბიჭიქ ჯიღუ დო ოჭანდინამს.

      jindo çemane celabuťu. alişi biç̌ik ciğu do oç̌andinams.

      There was a kemencha hanging upstairs. Ali's kid takes it down and plays it.

Further reading

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