ღორღონჯი
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *ɣarɣad- (“goose”), from *ɣar-, *ɣr- (“to cry, to sing”). Closest cognates include Laz ღორღოჯი (ɣorɣoǯi), Old Georgian ღერღედი (ɣerɣedi) and its various alternative forms, as well as Svan ღარღა̄დ (ɣarɣād).
Noun
ღორღონჯი • (ɣorɣonǯi) (plural ღორღონჯეფი)
- goose
- Synonym: ბატი (baṭi)
- gosling (baby goose)
- Synonyms: ჟინტი (žinṭi), ღორღონჯიში ჭუკი (ɣorɣonǯiši č̣uḳi), ბატიში ჭუკი (baṭiši č̣uḳi)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 221
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ღორღონჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1580