ჶარჶალაჲ
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ჶარჶალ- (farfal-) + -აჲ (-ay). Akin to Laz ფარფალაფს (parpalaps, “to flicker, blaze”), Arkabi Laz ჶარჶალუმს (farfalums, “to flick; to light”), and Mingrelian ფარფალი (parpali). Note also Old Armenian փաղփաղիմ (pʻałpʻałim).
Verb
[edit]ჶარჶალაჲ • (farfalay) (Latin spelling farfalay) (Vizha, Ortaalan)
- to sparkle
Further reading
[edit]- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 841
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “farfalay”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Amse-de Jong, Tine H. (2004) “parpal”, in Laz–English Dictionary, Freudenstadt: Kaukasus Verlag, →ISBN, page 85a