ეჯი

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ed͡ʒi]
• Hyphenation: ეჯი

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian էջ (ēǰ), from իջանեմ (iǰanem, “to lodge”).

Noun

ეჯი • (eǯi) (plural ეჯები)

1. (Middle Georgian) inn, hotel, lodging

Derived terms

• ეჯობა (eǯoba)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “էջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 119b
• Марр, Н. (1910) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга XII. Вступительные и заключительные строфы "Витязя в барсовой коже" Шоты из Рустава [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book XII. The opening and closing stanzas of Shota Rustaveli's "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, pages 19–20, footnote d
• Marr, N. (1917) “Грузинская поэма “Витязь в барсовой шкуре” Шоты из Рустава и новая культурно-историческая проблема. I. Племенная среда [Shota Rustaveli's Georgian poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" and a new cultural-historical problem. I. The ethnic environment]”, in Известия Академии наук‎^[1] (in Russian), volume XI, number 7, Petrograd: Academy Press, page 444 of 415–446

Etymology 2

Noun

ეჯი • (eǯi) (plural ეჯები)

1. (obsolete) A unit of length roughly equal to 4.5km

References

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ეჯი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press