ჭანდა
Laz
Alternative forms
- ჭანდრა (č̣andra) – Artasheni
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁en- (“to summon, invite”). Compare Old Georgian წანა (c̣ana, “feast, banquest”) and Mingrelian ჭანაფა (č̣anapa, “to call, appeal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʼɑndɑ/
- Hyphenation: ჭან‧და
Noun
ჭანდა • (č̣anda) (Latin spelling ç̌anda)
- (dialectal, Atina, Artasheni, Vitse) invitation
- wedding
- Synonyms: დუღუნი (duɣuni), დუგუნი (duguni)
- (dialectal, Vitse–Arkabi) Entertainment that usually held at the bride's home the night before the wedding while applying henna on the bride's fingers
Related terms
- უჭანდრამს (uč̣andrams), უჭანდრაჲ (uč̣andray), უჭანდამს (uč̣andams), უჭანდაფს (uč̣andaps, “to invite”)
Further reading
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 878
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “ç’anda”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Марр, Н. (1910), “ჭანდ”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 223b
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ჭანდა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi