ჭიმა
Laz
Alternative forms
- მჭვიმა (mç̌vima), ჭვიმა (ç̌vima), მჭიმა (mç̌ima)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁wim-a- (“rain”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁wim- (“to rain”).
Noun
ჭიმა • (ç̌ima) (plural ჭიმეფე)
- rain
Further reading
- Adjarian, H. (1898), “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 159
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 183
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ჭიმა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Марр, Н. (1910), “ჭიმა”, 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 225a
Svan
Noun
ჭიმა • (č̣ima)
- Alternative form of ჭი̄მა (č̣īma)