ჭი̄მა

ჭი̄მა

Svan

Etymology 1

From ჭი̄მ- < *ჭუმ- < *ჭამ- (č̣īm- < *č̣um- < *č̣am-), from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁am- (“fur, hair”).

Alternative forms

• ჭიმა (č̣ima)

Noun

ჭი̄მა • (č̣īma)

1. pubic hair

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ჭიიმა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 335b
• Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 69, tentatively derives Svan from Mingrelian

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Georgian ჭიმი (č̣imi, “kind of halter made from hemp”),[1] ultimately from Old Georgian ჭიმი (č̣imi, “bridle”).[2]

Noun

ჭი̄მა • (č̣īma)

1. kind of halter made from hemp

References

1. Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), “ჭიმი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 459a
2. Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ჭიმი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 557a

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ჭიიმა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 335b