შორშან

Bats

Etymology

According to Starostin, akin to Chechen шоршал (šoršal), сорсал (sorsal), шаршул (šaršul), Ingush сарсал (sarsal, “thrush”), Bezhta шашу (šašu, “swallow”), all ultimately from the proposed Proto-North-Caucasian *šVnšV-.[1]

According to Bertlani, borrowed from Georgian შროშანი (šrošani, “starling”).[2]

Noun

შორშაჼ (šoršã)

  1. starling

References
  1. Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*šVnšV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. Bertlani, Arsen (2012) Tušuri enis poneṭiḳa da ponologia [Phonetics and phonology of Bats] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 420

Further reading
  • Bertlani, Arsen, editor (2018), “შორშან”, in C̣ovatušur-kartul-rusul-inglisuri leksiḳoni [Tsovatush–Georgian–Russian–English Dictionary], volume III, Tbilisi: Universali, page 69
  • Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 568
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