шэуджэн

Adyghe

Alternative forms

  • шъоджан (šʷodžan), шъоджэн (šʷodžɛn), шэугьэн (šɛwugʲɛn)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ossetian сауджын (sawǵyn).[1][2] Cognate with Kabardian щоджэн (śodžɛn).

Noun

шэуджэн • (šɛwudžɛn)

  1. (Christianity) priest, monk[3]
  2. (archaic) a literate person[3]

References

  1. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1979), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 45
  2. ^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977), К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[1] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 147
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1
    (Can we date this quote?), Симон Джанашиа, ЧЕРКЕССКИЕ Дневники, Тбилиси: Кавказский дом, published 2007:
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