ჭიჭამი

Laz

Etymology

According to Fähnrich, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁ic̣₁-,[1] possibly an ancient kulturwort.[2] Cognate with Georgian წიწმატი (c̣ic̣maṭi, “garden cress”). The Mingrelian cognate can be extracted from ჭიჭამ-ურ-ე (č̣ič̣am-ur-e, “(toponym) forest in Senaḳi”).[3]

Noun

ჭიჭამი • (č̣ič̣ami)

  1. parsley
  2. (rare) leek
    Synonym: პრასკჲა (ṗrasḳya)

References
  1. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 655
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 25
  3. Kiria, Č̣.; Ezugbaia, L.; Memišiši, O.; Čuxua, M. (2015), “*ჭიჭამ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882
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