ჭიანური

Georgian

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian ջնար (ǰnar),[1] and Georgian ჭუნირი (č̣uniri, “three-stringed Svan viol”).

Noun

ჭიანური • (č̣ianuri)

3/4-stringed Georgian viol

Derived terms

მეჭიანურე (meč̣ianure)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ճիանուր (čianur)
→ Bats: ჭინურ (č̣inur)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ջնար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 129a

Further reading

ჭიანური on the Georgian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ka
Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ჭიანური”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎, London: Garnett Press

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