ჟუ̄ნტუ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ზუ̄ნტუ (zūnṭu), ზუნტუ (zunṭu), ზუნტი (zunṭi), ზუნქი (zunki)

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *sxmarṭl-.

Noun

ჟუ̄ნტუ • (žūnṭu) (plural ჟუ̄ნტუა̈რ)

1. medlar

Related terms

• ჟჷნტი (žənṭi, “bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum)”) (possibly)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ჟუ̄ნტუ”, 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 255b
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ზუ̄ნტუ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 107b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ზუ̄ნტუ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 545
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ზღმარტლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo