ჟინაღ

ჟინაღ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ჟინაღუ̂ (žinaɣû), ჟინღ (žinɣ)

Etymology

A Circassian borrowing, compare Adyghe шъынэ (ŝəne), Kabardian щынэ (śəne).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

ჟინაღ • (žinaɣ) (plural ჟინღა̈რ)

1. lamb

References

1. Ǯanašia, Rusudan (1942), “Svanur–adiɣuri (čerkezuli) enobrivi šexvedrebi [Svan-Adyghe (Circassian) linguistic interactions]”, in Aḳad. n. maris saxelobis enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis moambe (in Georgian), volume XII, Tbilisi: Mecniereba, page 272 of 249―278
2. Рогава, Г. В. (1956) К вопросу о структуре именных основ и категориях грамматических классов в адыгских (черкесских) языках, Тбилиси: Издательство Академии Наук Грузинской ССР, page 129
3. Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 251
4. Buḳia, Manana (2016), Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi [Circassian-Kartvelian linguistic interactions] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, page 17

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “ჟინაღ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 254b
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ჟინაღ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 249b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012), “ბატკანი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Universal, page 42a
• Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ჟინაღ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1534