ქინძი

ქინძი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ქინძი (kinʒi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰind͡zi/
• Hyphenation: ქინ‧ძი

Noun

ქინძი • (kinʒi) (plural ქინძები)

1. coriander

Derived terms

• ქინძისთავი (kinʒistavi)

Descendants

• → Armenian: քինձ (kʿinj) (Tbilisi)
• → Bats: ქინძ (kinʒ)
• → Laz: ქინძი (kinżi)
• → Mingrelian: ქინძი (kinʒi)
• → Ossetian: чиндзи (ḱinʒi), кендзе (kenʒe)
• → Russian: кинза (kinza)
• → Svan: ქინძ (kinʒ)
• → Turkish: kinzi (Samsun, Ordu)

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Old Georgian

Etymology

Of the same Iranian origin as Old Armenian գինձ (ginj). See Persian گشنیز‎ (gešniz) for more.

Noun

ქინძი • (kinʒi)

1. coriander
   • 5th century, Bible, Exodus 16.31
   • 5th century, Bible, Numbers 11.7

Descendants

• Georgian: ქინძი (kinʒi)
  • → Armenian: քինձ (kʿinj) (Tbilisi)
  • → Bats: ქინძ (kinʒ)
  • → Laz: ქინძი (kinżi)
  • → Mingrelian: ქინძი (kinʒi)
  • → Ossetian: чиндзи (ḱinʒi), кендзе (kenʒe)
  • → Russian: кинза (kinza)
  • → Svan: ქინძ (kinʒ)
  • → Turkish: kinzi (Samsun, Ordu)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014), “ქინძი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 761a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 559b
• Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 67, 68
• Henning, W. B. (1963), “Coriander”, in Asia Major, New Series‎, volume X/2, pages 195–199