ჭანდა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჭანდრა (ç̌andra) — Artasheni

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁en- (“to summon, invite”). Compare Old Georgian წანა (c̣ana, “feast, banquest”) and Mingrelian ჭანაფა (č̣anapa, “to call, appeal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʼɑndɑ/
• Hyphenation: ჭან‧და

Noun

ჭანდა • (ç̌anda) (Latin spelling ç̌anda)

1. (dialectal, Atina, Artasheni, Vitse) invitation
2. wedding

   Synonyms: დუღუნი (duğuni), დუგუნი (duguni)

3. (dialectal, Vitse–Arkabi) Entertainment that usually held at the bride's home the night before the wedding while applying henna on the bride's fingers

Related terms

• უჭანდრამს (uç̌andrams), უჭანდრაჲ (uç̌andray), უჭანდამს (uç̌andams), უჭანდაფს (uç̌andaps, “to invite”)

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 878
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ç’anda”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “ჭანდ”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 223b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭანდა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi