ზა
Mingrelian
Etymology
From *გზა (*gza), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *gza- (“road, path”), from Proto-Kartvelian *gz- (“to go”).
Noun
ზა • (za) (plural ზალეფი)
- road
Related terms
- ზალაფა (zalapa)
- ორზოლი (orzoli)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*gza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 30
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ზა”, 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) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 235a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 782
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ზა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN