შყა̈ჟუ̂

Svan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. If the word wasn't borrowed from Mingrelian *ჭყოჯ- (*č̣q̇oǯ-), then Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁qar- is reconstructible. See Georgian მწყერი (mc̣q̇eri) and Mingrelian ჭყორი (č̣q̇ori) for more.

Noun

შყა̈ჟუ̂ • (šq̇äžû)

  1. quail

References
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime, “შყა̈ჟუ̂”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, 1994, page 1851
  • Klimov, G. A., Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1998, page 317
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab, Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, 2000, page 677
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2007, page 662
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