ჯაჭ

Svan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a), ultimately from Abkhaz а–ҷа́ҷа (a–č̣̍áč̣̍a, “liver”).[1][2]

Noun

ჯაჭ • (ǯač̣) (plural ჯაჭარ)

  1. kidney

Further reading
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ჯაჭ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1987

References
  1. Шагиров, А. К. (1977), К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 200
  2. Климов, Г. А.; Халилов, М. Ш. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 92
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