ცირა
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Mingrelian ცირა (cira, “girl; daughter”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ცირა • (cira)
- a female given name
Mingrelian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ცჷრა (cəra)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *cir-[1] or from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mcire- (“little, small”).[2] Cognate with Georgian მცირე (mcire).
Noun edit
Descendants edit
- → Georgian: ცირა (cira)
References edit
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 561
- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 129
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ცირა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1761