წყა̈რშინდ
Svan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mingrelian *წყარ-იშ-სინდ-ი (*c̣q̇ar-iš-sind-i). The alternative form წყა̈სინჯ (c̣q̇äsinǯ) is from Mingrelian წყარისინჯი (c̣q̇arisinǯi). Doublet of მჷსირ (məsir).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]წყა̈რშინდ • (c̣q̇äršind) (plural წყა̈რშინდა̈რ)
References
[edit]- Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)[1], Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9, which writes წყარშჷნდ (c̣q̇aršənd)
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 403–404
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 367
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 166
Further reading
[edit]- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წყა̈რშინდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1920