ვენაჴი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *wenaq-. The sense development "grapevine" → "vineyard" is also seen in Old Armenian այգի (aygi).

Noun

ვენაჴი • (venaqi)

  1. vine
  2. (by extension) vineyard

Usage notes

In translations, corresponds to Old Armenian որթ (ortʻ), այգի (aygi), այգեստան (aygestan), and ուռ (uṙ).

Derived terms
  • ვენაჴოანი (venaqoani)
  • ვენაჴოვანი (venaqovani)
  • ვენაჴისმოქმედი (venaqismokmedi)
  • ვენაჴისამოქმედი (venaqisamokmedi)

Descendants
  • Georgian: ვენახი (venaxi, “vineyard”)
    • → Mingrelian: ვერნახი (vernaxi)
  • → Bezhta: венахи (venaxi), венахъи (venaqxi)
  • → Svan: უ̂ენაჴ (ûenaq)

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვენაჴი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 174
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ვენაჴი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 302b
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