ჭკადუ
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ჭკადი (č̣ḳadi), ჭკადჷ (č̣ḳadə)
Etymology
From *მ-ჭკად-უ (*m-č̣ḳad-u), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *č̣ed- (“to hammer, to nail”).[1][2] Closest cognates include Georgian მჭედელი (mč̣edeli) and Svan მჷშკიდ (məšḳid).
Fähnrich derives from Proto-Kartvelian *m-č̣ed-el-,[3] Klimov derives Proto-Georgian-Zan *m-č̣ed-el-[4]. See different reconstructions of *m- -el for more.
Noun
ჭკადუ • (č̣ḳadu) (plural ჭკადუეფი)
- smith, blacksmith
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 666
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 320
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 275
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 133
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჭკადუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1904-1905