ერჯი

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Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *werʒ₁- (male, ram); see there for more.

Noun

ერჯი (erǯi)

  1. a two-year-old male sheep
  2. ram

References

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ერჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 517
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ერჯი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 232a