ჟინოსქუა
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ჟინოსკუა (žinosḳua), ჯინოსქუა (ǯinoskua), ზინოსქუა (zinoskua)
Etymology
ჟინო (žino, “upper, top”) + სქუა (skua, “child”)
Noun
ჟინოსქუა • (žinoskua) (plural ჟინოსქუალეფი)
- (historical) noble belonging to the aznauri class of Georgian nobility
- Synonym: აზნაური (aznauri)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჟინოსქუა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1204
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ჟი”, 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 300a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჟინოსქუა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “ჟინოსკუა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN