მურუნცხი

Laz

Alternative forms

• მურუცხი (muruʒxi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *racx- (“to count”).

Noun

მურუნცხი • (murunʒxi) (Latin spelling murunʒxi)

1. star
   1. each of the celestial bodies except the sun and the moon

      სერი ნცას ნანოჭაბუნ მურუნცხეფე ნაკო მსქვა იძირენ

      seri nʒas nanoç̌abun murunʒxepe naǩo mskva iżiren

      How beautiful the stars look (as if they are) glued to the night sky

   2. a shape consisting of many short lines or triangles drawn from a point to the periphery, and what is in this shape

      ხასანიზ პათარაზ ნანუჩანს მურუნწხი წიმინდი ორქო რენ

      xasaniz p̌ataraz nanuçans murunǯxi ǯimindi orko ren

      The star on Khasan's hat is genuine gold

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “murun3xi (PZ ~ FN), murun3xi/ muru3xi (AH ~ HP ÇX)(AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მურუნცხი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi