Wiktionary

ჯაჭ

Svan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Mingrelian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a), ultimately from Abkhaz а–ҷа́ҷа (a–čʼáčʼa, “liver”).[1][2]

Noun edit

ჯაჭ • (ǯač̣) (plural ჯაჭა̈რ)

  1. kidney

References edit

  1. ^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 200
  2. ^ 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 92

Further reading edit

  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჯაჭ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1987
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