аҷандар

Abkhaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian ჭანდარი (č̣andari, “plane tree; poplar”). Compare Georgian ჭადარი (č̣adari, “plane tree”). Of the same Iranian origin as Middle Armenian ճանդարի (čandari).

Noun

a-ҷанда́р • (a-čʼandár)

  1. (dialectal, Abzhywa) poplar
  2. oriental plane (Platanus orientalis)

References
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005), “аҷандар”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary] (in Abkhaz / Russian), volume 2: О–Џь, Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 526b of 695
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ճանդար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 184a
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