წყა̈რშინდ

Svan

Alternative forms

• წყა̈სინჯ (c̣q̇äsinǯ), წყარშჷნდ (c̣q̇aršənd)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian *წყარ-იშ-სინდ-ი (*c̣q̇ar-iš-sind-i). The alternative form წყა̈სინჯ (c̣q̇äsinǯ) is from Mingrelian წყარისინჯი (c̣q̇arisinǯi). Doublet of მჷსირ (məsir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʼqʼærʃind/
• Hyphenation: წყა̈რ‧შინდ

Noun

წყა̈რშინდ • (c̣q̇äršind) (plural წყა̈რშინდა̈რ)

1. duck

   Synonym: მჷლც (məlc)

References

• Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎^[1], Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9, which writes წყარშჷნდ (c̣q̇aršənd)
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 403–404
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 367
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 166

Further reading

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წყა̈რშინდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1920