ნიჩური

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნიჩური (ničuri), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan. Doublet of ნიჩქვი (ničkvi, ugly face) and ნიჩვი (ničvi, nose, snout). See Old Georgian for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nit͡ʃuri/, [nit͡ʃʰuɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ნი‧ჩუ‧რი

Noun

ნიჩური • (ničuri) (plural ნიჩურები) (Kiziqi)[1]

  1. muzzle

Inflection

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  • ჩიჩვირი (čičviri, lower lip of an animal)[2][3]

References

  1. Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ნიჩური”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 29a
  2. Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჩიჩვირი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  3. Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჩიჩჳრი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 425a

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ničw-, cognate with Mingrelian ნი(ნ)ჩქვი (ni(n)čkvi, snout, mug).[1][2] Imereti Georgian ნიჩვი (ničvi, nose, snout) is derived from the same root, Svan ნიჩუ̂ (ničû, face) is borrowed from Georgian.

Noun

ნიჩური • (ničuri)

  1. muzzle
  2. trunk

Descendants

  • Georgian: ნიჩური (ničuri)

References

  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 143―144, wrongly assumes that in Mingrelian the root is obsolete.
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 321―322

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ნიჩური”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 330a
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