чышкъына
Udi
Etymology
A Mongolic borrowing, from Middle Mongolian ᠴᠶᠴᠠᠷᠭᠠᠨᠠ (čičar-γana, “sea buckthorn”), Azerbaijani çısqana, Mongolian чацаргана (chatsargana), Armenian չիչխան (čʿičʿxan) and Turkish çıçırgan. But unlike its cognates, Udi word doesn't mean sea buckthorn.
Noun
чышкъына • (čəšq̇əna)
- Christ's thorn
Synonyms
- джаьрджи (ǯärǯi)
- къаратикан (q̇aratikan)
Further reading
- Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “чышкъына”, in Udinsko-azerbajdžansko-russkij slovarʹ [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, page 238