ცელთი

Laz

Juniperus communis var. saxatilis

Alternative forms

• წერთი (ǯerti) — Pilargeti
• ცერთი (ʒerti) — Vitse

Etymology

Via the form ცერთი (ʒerti) borrowed from the Armenian Hamshen dialect form of Armenian ցրդի (cʻrdi). Compare Turkish Hamshen dialect çerti.

Noun

ცელთი • (ʒelti) (Latin spelling ʒelti) (Artasheni)

1. alpine juniper (Juniperus communis var. saxatilis)

References

• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “ʒelti”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 50, compares to Old Armenian ցիրդ (cʻird)
• Artvinli, Taner (2022) “çırti”, in Artvin Etimoloji Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Telemak Kitap, →ISBN, page 131b, derives from Armenian ցրդի (cʻrdi)
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ʒelti”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 978a