чышкъына

Udi

Etymology

A Mongolic borrowing, from Middle Mongolian ᠴᠶᠴᠠᠷᠭᠠᠨᠠ (čičar-γana, “sea buckthorn”), Azerbaijani çısqana, Mongolian чацаргана (chatsargana), Armenian չիչխան (čʿičʿxan) and Turkish çıçırgan. But unlike its cognates, Udi word doesn't mean sea buckthorn.

Noun

чышкъына • (čəšq̇əna)

  1. Christ's thorn

Synonyms
  • джаьрджи (ǯärǯi)
  • къаратикан (q̇aratikan)

Further reading
  • Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “чышкъына”, in Udinsko-azerbajdžansko-russkij slovarʹ [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, page 238
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