ჴიდი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qid-, which is probably an apophonic nominal derivative from Proto-Kartvelian *qed-, *qd- (verb stem) (whence also ხდომა (xdoma), გადახდა (gadaxda), გახდა (gaxda), etc). Schmidt and Mač̣avariani accept the ultimate Kartvelian origin.

On the other hand, Abaev and Androniḳašvili suggest an Iranian etymology ultimately from *haitu- (compare Ossetian хид (xid, “bridge”)), but this is considered improbable by Klimov and rejected by Cheung.

Noun

ჴიდი • (qidi)

1. bridge

Descendants

• Georgian: ხიდი (xidi)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 338
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 706
• 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 716
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჴიდი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 569
• Gamq̣relije, Mač̣avariani (1965), The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages [in Georgian and Russian], Tbilisi, page 21 and 114
• Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 199
• Schmidt, G. (1928), page 27-31
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 129
• Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, page 351