ჭირპი

ჭირპი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁irṗl-.[1][2] Cognate with Georgian წირპლი (c̣irṗli). Middle Armenian ճիպռ (čipṙ), ճպուռ (čpuṙ), is a Zan borrowing.

Noun

ჭირპი • (č̣irṗi) (plural ჭირპეფი)

1. rheum, eye gunk

   Synonym: კვაკვილი (ḳvaḳvili)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჭირპი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1899

References

1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 313
2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 654