ჩაჲნიკი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჩაჲნიღი (çayniği) — Artasheni
• ჩარნიკი (çarniǩi) — Vitse
• ჩანიღი (çaniği) — Atina

Etymology

From Russian ча́йник (čájnik), in case of forms with -ღ- (-ğ-) mediated by Turkish dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑjˈnikʲʼi/
• Hyphenation: ჩაჲ‧ნი‧კი

Noun

ჩაჲნიკი • (çayniǩi) (Latin spelling çayniǩi) (Arkabi)

1. teapot, kettle

   Synonym: ჩაჲდანლუღი (çaydanluği)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “çarniǩi”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 106a
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çaynikʼi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩაინიკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi spelled as ჩაინიკი (çainiǩi)