წჷრნი

Svan

Alternative forms

• წჷრა̈ნი (c̣əräni)

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian ծիրանի (cirani, “purple”), probably ultimately derived from it via an unattested Old Georgian intermediary. See Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran) for more.

Adjective

წჷრნი • (c̣ərni) (comparative ხოწრანა, superlative მაწრანე, diminutive მეწრა̈ნ)

1. red

   გუშგუ̂ეჲ ბა̈ჲრახ წჷრნი ლი

   gušgûey bäyrax c̣ərni li

   our flag is red

Derived terms

• მჷწრანა (məc̣rana, “reddish”)
• ლიწრანი (lic̣rani, “to redden”)

Related terms

• წჷრან (c̣əran, “measles; pear variety”)

References

• Bouda, Karl (1955) “Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasische Etymologien”, in Die Welt des Orients‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, number 2, page 202 of 200–205
• Deeters, Gerhard (1957) “Bemerkungen zu K. Bouda's „Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasischen Etymologien“”, in Die Welt des Orients‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, pages 382–383
• Gippert, Jost (2000) “Towards an Electronic Analysis of Svan Dialectal Divergences”, in Kartvelian Heritage‎^[3], volume 4, Kutaisi: University Press, pages 138–139
• Gudjedjiani, Chato, Palmaitis, Mykolas L. (1986) Upper Svan: Grammar and Texts (Kalbotyra; XXXVII (4))‎^[4], Vilnius: Mokslas, page 104
• Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 320, probably with a misprint of "Georgian" instead of "Armenian"
• Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). I [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). I]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎^[5] (in Russian), volume 9, number 8, page 779
• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[6] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 38

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “წჷრნი”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 369b
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “წჷრნი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 333b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “წითელი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 242b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წჷრნი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1922