ჯეგე

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჯგეგე (ǯgege), ჯგეჰე (ǯgehe), გეგე (gege), გერგი (gergi)

Etymology

Compare Svan ჯგჷრა̈̄გ (ǯgərǟg).

Proper noun

ჯეგე • (ǯege)

1. Saint George

   Synonym: წიმინდე გერგი (c̣iminde gergi)

Adjective

ჯეგე • (ǯege)

1. saint

   Synonym: წიმინდე (c̣iminde)

References

• Абакелия, Н. К. (1988) “Образ св. Георгия в западногрузинских религиозных верованиях”, in Советская Этнография (in Russian), number 5, Москва, page 86―93
• Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 595–596

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჯეგე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2040
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჯეგე”, 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)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 412b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჯეგე”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN