ჭყორი
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁qar-. Cognate with Georgian მწყერი (mc̣q̇eri). If Svan შყა̈ჟუ̂ (šq̇äžû), შყეჟუ̂ (šq̇ežû) wasn't borrowed from Mingrelian, then the word can be reconstructed for Proto-Kartvelian.
Noun
ჭყორი • (č̣q̇ori) (plural ჭყორეფი)
- quail
Descendants
- →? Svan: შყა̈ჟუ̂ (šq̇äžû), შყეჟუ̂ (šq̇ežû)
References
- Kajaia, Otar, “ჭყორი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, 2005, published 2001–2004, page 1932
- Klimov, G. A., Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1998, page 317
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab, Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, 2000, page 677
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2007, page 662