სანი

Bats

Etymology

Uncertain. It is unclear whether it is related to საჼ (sã, “door”), since this form is recorded in dictionaries only in the second millennium. Schiefner (1856) compares with Ancient Greek σᾰνίδες (sănídes, “folding doors”), but this is apparently just a coincidence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈni/

Noun

სანი (sani) class d (plural only)

  1. door(s)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

nouns

References

  • Schiefner, Anton (1856), Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, pages 42, 72, 149
  • Kadagiʒe, Davit; Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984), “სანი”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 528ab
  • Harris, Alice C. (2018), Batsbi Sketch Grammar.‎[2], pages 9, 13
  • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022), “სანი”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 154b
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