ქჩინი
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mqc₁-oan- (“hoary with age”). Cognate with Georgian მხცოვანი (mxcovani) and Mingrelian რჩინუ (rčinu).
Adjective
[edit]ქჩინი • (kçini) (Latin spelling kçini)
- (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni) white-haired (man or woman)
- (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni) white-haired and white bearded (man)
- არ ქჩინი ბადი მულუნ
- ar kçini badi mulun
- An old man with white hair and a white beard is coming
- (Vitse–Arkabi) elderly, aged, old (woman)
- ქჩინი ოხორჯა ხვალა მულუტუ. ვაშა გზას მუთუ დაღოდუ?
- kçini oxorca xvala muluťu. vaşa gzas mutu dağodu?
- The old woman was coming alone. I wonder if something happened to her on the way.
Noun
[edit]ქჩინი • (kçini) (Latin spelling kçini)
- (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni) grey hair
- ალი ქჩინი ქოჯანტალუ
- ali kçini kocanťalu
- Ali's hair has gone gray
- (Vitse–Arkabi) elderly, aged, old (woman)
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “kçini[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “kçini[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ქჩინი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi