ნთხირი

Laz

Alternative forms
  • ნთხიჲი (ntxiyi) — alternative spelling
  • თხირი (txiri), თხიჲი (txiyi) — Chkhala
  • მთხირი (mtxiri), მთხიჲი (mtxiyi) — Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *txil-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈn̥tʰxiɾi/, /ˈn̥tʰxi(ɹ)i/
  • Hyphenation: ნთხი‧რი

Noun

ნთხირი • (ntxiri) (Latin spelling ntxiri)

  1. hazelnut, hazel tree
    ჶადიმექ ჶელი დო ლაზუტიში არას ნთხირი ეშობღამს
    fadimek feli do lazuťişi aras ntxiri eşobğams
    Fadime pours hazelnuts between pumpkin and corn

Further reading
  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 393
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 797
  • Marr, N. (1910) “თხირი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 148b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნთხირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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