ჭაშ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ჭა̈შ (č̣äš)

Etymology

From ჭაშ ← *კაშ ← *კაჩ (č̣aš ← *ḳaš ← *ḳač), from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼaʃ/

Noun

ჭაშ • (č̣aš) (plural ლაჭშა or ლაჭაშა)

1. husband

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ჭაშ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 371a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ჭაშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 334b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ქმარი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 193b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჭაშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1928