ჭიჭამი

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁ic̣₁-.[1][2] Cognate with Georgian წიწმატი (c̣ic̣maṭi, “garden cress”), Mingrelian ჭიჭამურე (č̣ič̣amure, toponym, a forest in Senaki).

Noun

ჭიჭამი • (ç̌iç̌ami)

  1. parsley
    Synonyms: მერგჲა (mergya), ღარამწო (ğaramǯo)
  2. leek
    Synonym: პრასკჲა (p̌rasǩya)

References
  1. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 655
  2. Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ჭიჭამ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882

Further reading
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ოხრახუში”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “პრასა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ჭიჭამი”, 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 255b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭიჭამი”, 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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