ჴიდი

Old Georgian

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qid-, which is probably an apophonic nominal derivative from Proto-Kartvelian *qed-, *qd- (verb stem) (whence also ხდომა (xdoma), გადახდა (gadaxda), გახდა (gaxda), etc).

ჴიდი • (qidi)

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 338
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 706
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 716
Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჴიდი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 569
Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 21, 114
Schmidt, Gustav (1928) “Zur Erforschung der ossetisch-ungarischen Lehnbeziehungen”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen. Anzeiger‎^[3] (in German), volume 19, numbers 1–3, Helsingfors, pages 27–31

Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 199, proposes an Iranian origin for Georgian without the connection to Zan. Rejected by Klimov and Cheung.
Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 129, proposes an Iranian origin for Georgian without the connection to Zan. Rejected by Klimov and Cheung.
Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, page 351, rejects the connection of Ossetian хид (xid) with Old Georgian ჴიდი (qidi)
Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 53–54, rejects the connection of Ossetian хид (xid) with Old Georgian ჴიდი (qidi)