ლინჯი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ინჯი (inǯi)

Etymology

Cognate with Laz ლიჯი (lici). Further etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lind͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: ლინ‧ჯი

Noun

ლინჯი • (linǯi)

1. copper

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ლინჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 772
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ლინჯი”, 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 273b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 811
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 150, connects with Old Georgian პილენძი (ṗilenʒi)
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ლინჯი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN