ღეჯი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣor- (“swine”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóryos (“pig”). See Georgian ღორი (ɣori) for more.

Noun

ღეჯი • (ɣeǯi) (plural ღეჯეფი)

  1. pig

References
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 515
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 232
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ღეჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1557
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