ჩანს

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃans/, [t͡ʃʰans]

Verb

ჩანს • (čans) (third-person singular present indicative)

1. to be visible
2. to seem
3. to turn out

Laz

Alternative forms

• ნჩარს (nçars), ნჩას (nças) — Atina
• ნჩაჲ (nçay) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ნჩანს (nçans) — Arkabi, Khopa

Etymology

From ჩან- (çan-) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c₁en- : c₁n- (“to grow, flourish (about plants)”). Cognate with Georgian მცენარე (mcenare), Mingrelian ჩანაფა (čanapa) and Svan ლიშნე (lišne).

Verb

ჩანს • (çans) (Latin spelling çans) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. the plant has fruit on the branches or stems

   ჰანწო მბულიზ ჰეშშო ჩანს ქი ტოტეფეზ ქონძოლ ქონძოლი გჲობუნ

   hanǯo mbuliz heşşo çans ki ťoťepez konżol konżoli gyobun

   This year the cherries have so much (fruit) that they hang in clusters on the branches

2. (figurative) someone has hair

   თომა მჩანტუში კატა ნდღაზ თომა ბიცხონტი

   toma mçanťuşi ǩaťa ndğaz toma biʒxonťi

   When I had hair, I combed my hair every day

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çans (FN), çans/ nçans (AH ~ HP), çans (ÇX)(AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოჩანუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi