შორთი

Laz

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Old Georgian შოლტი (šolṭi).

Noun

შორთი • (şorti) (Atina)

1. strip

   შორთეფე ვიქუმტიტ დო ნჩაი დობდუმტით. ― şortepe vikumťiť do nçai dobdumťit. ― We would make strips on the land and plant tea there.

   ნჯონი შორთი შორთი შკორუმტეს. ― nconi şorti şorti şǩorumťes. ― They would cut the leather into strips.

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “şorti”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 885b, glossing as şerit, kordon