ჭიქაჲ

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ჭიქაჲ • (č̣ikay)

1. glass (material)
   • 5th century and later, Bible, Revelation 21.21:

     და უბანი ქალაქისაჲ მის ოქროჲ წმიდაჲ და ჭიქაჲ ბრწყინვალჱ.

     da ubani kalakisay mis okroy c̣miday da č̣ikay brc̣q̇invalē.

     And the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

2. glass (drinking vessel)

In Revelation, corresponds to Old Armenian ապակի (apaki) and Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos).

• Georgian: ჭიქა (č̣ika)
  • → Avar: чӏикӏа (čʼikʼa, “glass; mirror”) — Antsukh
  • → Bezhta: чӏика (čʼika, “glass; mirror”), цӏика (cʼika), цӏикай (cʼikaj)
  • → Hinukh: цӏикай (c’ikay, “glass”)
  • → Hunzib: чӏика (č’ika, “shard of broken glass”)
  • → Khvarshi: чӏикай (č’ikay, “glass; mirror”)
  • → Laz: ჭიქა (ç̌ika)
  • → Mingrelian: ჭირქა (č̣irka)
  • → Svan: ჭიქ (č̣ik)
  • → Tsez: чӏика (č’ika, “glass; mirror”)

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჭიქაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 558
• Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎ (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 10
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჭიქაჲ”, 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 459