ჭანგა
Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom ჭანგი (č̣angi, “claw”) + -ა (-a). Typologically, compare კანჭა (ḳanč̣a) (from კანჭი (ḳanč̣i, “claw”)), კლანჭა (ḳlanč̣a) (from კლანჭი (ḳlanč̣i, “claw”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editჭანგა • (č̣anga) (plural ჭანგები) (Upper Imereti)
- Synonym of გლერტა (glerṭa, “Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)”)
Descendants
edit- → Laz: ჭანგა (ç̌anga)
References
edit- Xoč̣olava–Mač̣avariani, Nana (2015) “Ramdenime mosazreba mcenareta saxelebis eṭimologiuri ḳvlevisatvis (c̣enga da č̣anga)”, in Arn. čikobavas saxelobis enatmecnierebis insṭiṭuṭis enatmecnierebis insṭiṭuṭis 74-e samecniero sesia (in Georgian), Tbilisi, pages 53–55
Further reading
edit- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “გლერტა, კლერტა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
Laz
editEtymology
editNoun
editჭანგა • (ç̌anga) (Latin spelling ç̌anga)
Further reading
edit- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 648, erroneously links with Georgian წენგარა (c̣engara, “Caucasian comfrey”)
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “გლერტა, კლერტა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭანგა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Categories:
- Georgian terms suffixed with -ა
- Georgian 2-syllable words
- Georgian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Georgian lemmas
- Georgian nouns
- Georgian countable nouns
- Imereti Georgian
- ka:Cynodonteae tribe grasses
- Laz terms borrowed from Georgian
- Laz terms derived from Georgian
- Laz lemmas
- Laz nouns
- lzz:Cynodonteae tribe grasses