ჩანს
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Georgian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ჩანს • (čans) (third-person singular present indicative)
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ჩან- (çan-) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c₁en- : c₁n- (“to grow, flourish (about plants)”). Cognate with Georgian მცენარე (mcenare), Mingrelian ჩანაფა (čanapa) and Svan ლიშნე (lišne).
Verb
[edit]ჩანს • (çans) (Latin spelling çans) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- the plant has fruit on the branches or stems
- ჰანწო მბულიზ ჰეშშო ჩანს ქი ტოტეფეზ ქონძოლ ქონძოლი გჲობუნ
- hanǯo mbuliz heşşo çans ki ťoťepez konżol konżoli gyobun
- This year the cherries have so much (fruit) that they hang in clusters on the branches
- (figurative) someone has hair
- თომა მჩანტუში კატა ნდღაზ თომა ბიცხონტი
- toma mçanťuşi ǩaťa ndğaz toma biʒxonťi
- When I had hair, I combed my hair every day
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çans (FN), çans/ nçans (AH ~ HP), çans (ÇX)(AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოჩანუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi