ორიჯი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ორინჯი (orinǯi)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *r-, *ar- (“to be”). See Old Armenian երինջ (erinǰ), a Zan borrowing, for more.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ო‧რი‧ჯი

Noun

ორიჯი • (oriǯi)

1. cattle

Further reading

• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ორიჯი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 294b