ცა̈̄ჲრა

Svan
ცა̈̄ჲრა

Alternative forms
  • ცა̈ჲრა (cäyra), ცა̄ჲრა (cāyra), ცაჰრა (cahra), ცაი (cai)

Etymology

From ცა̈̄ჲ- (cǟy-, “elm”) +‎ -რა (-ra, “plant, tree designation”), from Proto-Kartvelian *ca(j)-. Cognate with Mingrelian ცი (ci, “elm”).[1][2]

Noun

ცა̈̄ჲრა • (cǟyra)

  1. elm

Further reading
  • Dondua, K. D. (2001), “ცა̄ჲრა”, in Svansko-gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ (Lašxskij dialekt) [Svan-Georgian-Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologičeskaja biblioteka; 6), Revised and prepared for publication by Oniani A., Tbilisi: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, page 352b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ცაი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 320a
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “თელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
  • Oniani, Arsen (1917), “ცა̄ჲრა”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 35a
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ცა̈̄ჲრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1875

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 262
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 553
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