ჟინოსქუა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჟინოსკუა (žinosḳua), ჯინოსქუა (ǯinoskua), ზინოსქუა (zinoskua)

Etymology

ჟინო (žino, “upper, top”) +‎ სქუა (skua, “child”)

Noun

ჟინოსქუა • (žinoskua) (plural ჟინოსქუალეფი)

1. (historical) noble belonging to the aznauri class of Georgian nobility

   Synonym: აზნაური (aznauri)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჟინოსქუა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1204
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჟი”, 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 300a
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჟინოსქუა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჟინოსკუა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN