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ყჳნი

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇win- (temple, forehead (?)).

Noun

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ყჳნი (q̇wini)

  1. forehead
    Synonym: შუბლი (šubli)

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ყვინია (q̇vinia, with prominent forehead) (Racha)

Further reading

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  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 271–272
  • Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition)[1], Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 484
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ყჳნი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1313a