ვიჟა
Laz
Alternative forms
- ვიჯა (vica), ვიჯე (vice)
Etymology
From Laz *ვი(ნ)ჟა (*vi(n)ja, “mineral (salty) water”), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *weʒ₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviʒɑ/
- Hyphenation: ვი‧ჟა
Proper noun
ვიჟა • (vija) (Latin spelling Vija)
- Çamlıhemşin, Rize (a city in Turkey)
- In Çamlıhemşin, Rize district, areas where Hemshin people are in the majority
Descendants
- → Armenian: Վիժա (Viža)
Further reading
- Melikišvili, Irine (1975), “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši [E > i process in Zan dialects and the disturbance of vowel correspondences in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), issue 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, pages 122―128