მჯაჯი

Laz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er-.

Noun

მჯაჯი • (mcaci) (Latin spelling mcaci)

1. Artasheni form of მჭაჯი (mç̌aci)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

მჯაჯი • (mcaci) (Latin spelling mcaci) (Vizha)

1. yew (Taxus baccata)

   Synonyms: პორწო (p̌orǯo), ანკრა (anǩra)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mcaci²”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁er-.

Noun

მჯაჯი • (mcaci) (plural მჯაჯეფე) (Chanapeti, Khopa–Batumi)

1. kite, falcon

   Synonym: ჩაილაღი (çailaği)

Alternative forms

• მჯაჯე (mcace) — Atina
• მჭაჭი (mç̌aç̌i)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ჯაჯ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 894
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მჯაჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi