ყანჩი

Mingrelian

Noun

ყანჩი • (q̇anči)

1. Alternative form of ჸანჩი (ʾanči)

Old Georgian

Noun

ყანჩი • (q̇anči)

1. vulture

Descendants

• → Georgian: ყანჩა (q̇anča, “heron”) (learned)
  • → Mingrelian: ჸანჩი (ʾanči), ყანჩი (q̇anči), ყჷნჩი (q̇ənči)
  • →? Ossetian: къадз (k’aʒ, “stork”)
  • → Svan: ყა̈̄ნჯუ̂ (q̇ǟnǯû), ყა̈ნჩუ̂ (q̇änčû), ყა̄ნჩუ̂ (q̇ānčû)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ყანჩი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 465a
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ყანჩი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 401a
• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ყანჩი1”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press