ცირა

Georgian

Etymology

From Mingrelian ცირა (cira, “girl; daughter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sira/
  • Hyphenation: ცი‧რა

Proper noun

ცირა • (cira)

  1. a female given name

Mingrelian

Alternative forms
  • ცჷრა (cəra)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *cir-[1] or from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mcire- (“little, small”)[2]. Cognate with Georgian მცირე (mcire).

Noun

ცირა • (cira) (plural ცირეფი)

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Descendants
  • → Georgian: ცირა (cira)

References
  1. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 561
  2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 129
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ცირა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1761
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