Laz edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian ցանց (cʿancʿ).[1]

Noun edit

ცანცა (ʒanʒa)

  1. (Vitse–Arkabi) basket for picking grapes and other fruits[2]
    Synonym: სტირიბინა (sťiribina)
  2. (Khopa–Batumi) bag, shoulder bag

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) “ցանց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 451a
  2. ^ Marr, N. (1910) “ცანცა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 214a
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 343