ჩე
Laz
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ჩე • (çe)
- Alternative form of ქჩე (kçe)
Mingrelian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qc₁-. Cognate with Laz ჩე (çe, “white”), Old Georgian მჴცჱ (mqcē, “grey hair”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]ჩე • (če)
See also
[edit]- ტკვარჩელი (ṭḳvarčeli)
References
[edit]- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 711―712
Further reading
[edit]- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჩე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1698
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჩე”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[1], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 850
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 135, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *mqc₁e- (“grey hair”), further deriving Svan მეჩი (meči, “old man”) from the same root. Unbeknown to him, Svan in fact derives from Proto-Kartvelian *mec₁-, cognate with Laz უ-მჩ-ან-ე (u-mç-an-e, “elder”).