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ზიჭონი

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Mingrelian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec̣₁n-, and Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ec̣₁(w)n- (“willow”) if Svan ჭჷჭჷნდ (č̣əč̣ənd, “willow”) is not a borrowing from Mingrelian. Cognate with Georgian ძეწნა (ʒec̣na, “weeping willow”) whence Mingrelian ძერწი (ʒerc̣i).[1][2]

Noun

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ზიჭონი • (zič̣oni) (plural ზიჭონეფი)

  1. willow (Salix)
    Synonym: ძერწი (ʒerc̣i)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 286
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 595―596

Further reading

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ზიჭონი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 568
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ზიჭონი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[1], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, glossed as ძეწნა (ʒec̣na, “weeping willow”)
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ტირიფი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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