მჯაჯი

Laz

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er-.

    Noun

    მჯაჯი • (mcaci) (Latin spelling mcaci)

    1. Artasheni form of მჭაჯი (mç̌aci)

    Etymology 2

      Unknown.

      Noun

      მჯაჯი • (mcaci) (Latin spelling mcaci) (Vizha)

      1. yew (Taxus baccata)
        Synonyms: პორწო (p̌orǯo), ანკრა (anǩra)

      Further reading

      • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “mcaci²”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)

      Etymology 3

        From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁er-.

        Noun

        მჯაჯი • (mcaci) (plural მჯაჯეფე) (Chanapeti, KhopaBatumi)

        1. kite, falcon
          Synonym: ჩაილაღი (çailaği)
        Alternative forms

        Further reading

        • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999), Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
        • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*ჯაჯ- [*ǯaǯ-]”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 894
        • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “მჯაჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi