მინჯე

Mingrelian

Etymology

Akin to Laz მანჯე (mance).

Noun

მინჯე • (minǯe) (plural მინჯეეფი)

1. owner, holder, master, patron

Derived terms

• უმინჯური (uminǯuri)
• მინჯეამი (minǯeami)
• მინჯება (minǯeba), მინჯუა (minǯua), მინჯობა (minǯoba)
• მინჯე-კოჩი (minǯe-ḳoči)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მინჯე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 894
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მი-ნჯე”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 291b, links with Mingrelian მენძელი (menʒeli), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli), Old Armenian ասպնջական (aspnǰakan)
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 814, links with Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli)
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მინჯე”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “მინჯე”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN