განძი

Georgian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Armenian գանձ (ganj, “treasure”), itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠ganǰ⁠/, “treasure”), derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian. The borrowing is from Armenian because of the /dz/ sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡandzi/

Noun

განძი • (ganʒi) (plural განძები)

1. treasure, buried treasure

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գանձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

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Mingrelian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Armenian գանձ (ganj, “treasure”), itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian[Term?] (/⁠ganǰ⁠/, “treasure”), ultimately derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Persian. The borrowing took place via Armenian as attested from the /dz/ sound.

Noun

განძი • (ganji)

1. treasure, buried treasure

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գանձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “განძი”, 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