ჯა

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁el-. Cognate with Georgian ძელი (ʒeli) and Mingrelian ჯა (ǯa).

Noun

ჯა • (ca)

1. tree

References

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 239

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Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁el-. Cognate with Georgian ძელი (ʒeli) and Laz ჯა (ca).

Noun

ჯა • (ǯa)

1. tree

References

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 623
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჯა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2025