ნთხირი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ნთხიჲი (ntxiyi) — alternative spelling
• თხირი (txiri), თხიჲი (txiyi) — Chkhala
• მთხირი (mtxiri), მთხიჲი (mtxiyi) — Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *txil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̥tʰxiɾi/, /ˈn̥tʰxi(ɹ)i/
• Hyphenation: ნთხი‧რი

Noun

ნთხირი • (ntxiri) (Latin spelling ntxiri)

1. hazelnut, hazel tree

   ჶადიმექ ჶელი დო ლაზუტიში არას ნთხირი ეშობღამს

   fadimek feli do lazuťişi aras ntxiri eşobğams

   Fadime pours hazelnuts between pumpkin and corn

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 393
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 797
• Marr, N. (1910) “თხირი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 148b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნთხირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi