ჭაფურია
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-ar- (“a kind of (sweet?) grass”). Cognate with Georgian წებარი (c̣ebari, “rough corn bedstraw (Galium tricornutum spp.)”) and Laz ჭაფურია (č̣apuria, “sugar-sweet”).
Adjective
ჭაფურია • (č̣apuria)
- (figuratively) sugar-sweet
- (figuratively) glutinous, sticky (from sweetness)
Noun
ჭაფურია • (č̣apuria)
- (figuratively) sugar
- Synonym: შანქარი (šankari)
- a kind of sweet mountain grass (clarification of this definition is needed)
Descendants
- →⇒? Svan: ჭაფუ̈რ (č̣apür, “goatsbeard (Tragopogon spp.)”), ჭაფო̈რ (č̣apör), ჭაფორ (č̣apor), ჭაფხუ̂ირ (č̣apxûir)
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 372–373, wonders if there's any relation to *c̣₁eb- (“to glue”)
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 647
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 879, adds Laz
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჭაფურია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1883
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ჭაფურია”, 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 387a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ჭაფურია”, 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), “ჭაფურია”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Mingrelian lexical materials] (Ḳolxuri seria), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN