ცხვენი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ცხვინი (cxvini), ცხვენდი (cxvendi), ცხვინდი (cxvindi), ცხვინჯი (cxvinǯi)

Etymology

From Georgian სხვენი (sxveni). Doublet of ცხუ (cxu). Armenian ցխինք (cʻxinkʻ) is a Zan borrowing.

Noun

ცხვენი • (cxveni)

1. the ceiling above the hearth

Descendants

• → Svan: ცხუ̂ენ (cxûen), ცხენ (cxen)

References

• Абуладзе, И. В. (1967) “Несколько общих слов в древнегрузинском и древнеармянском языках [Some Common Words in Classical Georgian and Classical Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[1] (in Russian), numbers 2–3, pages 316–317
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 375
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ცხვენი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 372
• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[3] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 133
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ცხვენი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1781