ჩურუღა

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ჩურუგა (čuruga), ჩურუნგა (čurunga) — Adjara
• ჩურუგაი (čurugai) — Chveneburi

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوروك آی (çürük ay, literally “month of decay”), whence also dialectal (Black Sea) Turkish çürük ay, Laz ჩურუღაჲი (çuruğayi), Hamshen Armenian չուրուխ (čʻurux).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuruɣa/, [t͡ʃʰuɾuʁa]
• Hyphenation: ჩუ‧რუ‧ღა

Noun

ჩურუღა • (čuruɣa) (Adjara)

1. the period of July when it constantly rains

Further reading

• “ჩურუგაი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2013) ““Lazca gülünç” ise Türkçe Kahkahadır”, in lazca.org‎^[2] (in Turkish), retrieved 2023-07-12
• Bläsing, Uwe (2007) “Armenian in the vocabulary and culture of the Turkish Hemshinli”, in Hovann H. Simonian, editor, The Hemshin: History, society and identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey (Peoples of the Caucasus)‎^[3], London and New York: Routledge, page 281