ჭური
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *č̣ur- (“vessel”). Cognate with Mingrelian ჭკუჯი (č̣ḳuǯi, “vessel; ship”). Note Middle Armenian կճուճ (kčuč), a Zan borrowing.
Noun
ჭური • (č̣uri)
- vessel, container, wine jug
Derived terms
- ჭურჭერი (č̣urč̣eri)
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ჭური”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 559
- Čubinov, David (1887), “ჭური”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, columns 1715–1716
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 671–672
- Kapancjan, G. A. (1975) Istoriko-lingvističeskije raboty. Tom II [Historical-Linguistic Works. Volume II] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 369
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 323
- Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*č̣ur-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages