ჯოღორი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჯოღოი (coğoi), ჯოღოჲი (coğoyi) — alternative spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁aɣl-.

Pronunciation

• (Atina) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔˈɣɔɾi/
• (Central and Eastern dialects) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔˈɣɔ(ɹ)i/

Noun

ჯოღორი • (coğori) (Latin spelling coğori)

1. (dialectal, Atina) big dog
2. (dialectal, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) dog

   Synonym: ლაკი (laǩi)

   • 1960 – 1964, Muhsin Erol (a native of Şenköy born in 1940), Stories recorded by Georges Dumézil in Istanbul The Wizard and His Apprentice:

     ჰე-თი, მუნთხა უნტუ ივეტუ: ჲანი კინჩი ივეტუ, ფუთხუტუ; ჯოღოჲ ივეტუ, ლალუმტუ; ნჯა ივეტუ, ქვა ივეტუ, დუნჲას მუ ჭეშიტი შეჲ ტუ იჲი ივეტუ.

     he-ti, muntxa unťu iveťu: yani ǩinçi iveťu, putxuťu; coğoy iveťu, lalumťu; nca iveťu, kva iveťu, dunyas mu ç̌eşiťi şey ťu iyi iveťu.

     The man in black had the ability to become whatever he wanted, that is to say, he became a bird (and) flew, he became a dog (and) barked, he became a tree, he became a stone, he became all kinds of things in the world.

Inflection

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Declension of ჯოღორი (coğori) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ჯოღორი (coğori)	ჯოღორეფე (coğorepe)
ergative	ჯოღორიქ (coğorik)	ჯოღორეფექ (coğorepek)
dative	ჯოღორის (coğoris)	ჯოღორეფეს (coğorepes)
genitive	ჯოღორიშ(ი) (coğoriş(i))	ჯოღორეფეშ(ი) (coğorepeş(i))
directive	ჯოღორიშე (coğorişe)	ჯოღორეფეშე (coğorepeşe)
ablative	ჯოღორიშენ (coğorişen)	ჯოღორეფეშენ (coğorepeşen)
locative	ჯოღორის (coğoris)	ჯოღორეფეს (coğorepes)
instrumental	ჯოღორითენ (coğoriten)	ჯოღორეფეთენ (coğorepeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 34

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁aɣl-.

Noun

ჯოღორი • (ǯoɣori) (plural ჯოღორეფი)

1. dog

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჯოღორი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2060
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჯოღორი”, 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 416a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 896
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჯოღორი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN