ჭერამ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ჭჷრემ (č̣ərem)

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ჭერამა (č̣erama), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Georgian-Zan *č̣er-. Doublet of ჭჷრელ (č̣ərel).

Noun

ჭერამ • (č̣eram) (plural ჭერამა̈ლ)

1. a kind of variegated cow with a white tinge

Further reading

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 392, unaware of this term's Georgian origin and of dialectal Georgian terms; the proposed reconstruction is unreliable, see Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran) for more
• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ჭერამ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 372a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჭერამ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1939