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Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ძეწნი (ʒec̣ni, willow) +‎ -ა (-a), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec̣₁n- / Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ec̣₁(w)n- (willow). Cognate with Mingrelian ზიჭონი (zič̣oni). Svan ჭჷჭჷნდ (č̣əč̣ənd) is possibly borrowed from Mingrelian.[2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡zet͡sʼna/
  • Hyphenation: ძეწ‧ნა

Noun edit

ძეწნა (ʒec̣na) (plural ძეწნები)

  1. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
    Hypernym: ტირიფი (ṭiripi)

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Mingrelian: ძერწი (ʒerc̣i)

References edit

  1. ^ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ძეძნი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 303a
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 286
  3. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 595―596

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ძეწნა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ძეწნა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ტირიფი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[3], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 336b―337a