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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *z₁e (“up(wards), upon”). Cognate with Georgian ზე (ze), Mingrelian ჟი (ži) and Svan ჟი (ži).
Adjective
ჟინ • (jin) (Latin spelling jin) (Atina, Vizha, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- upper, upstairs
- Synonym: ჟინდონი (jindoni)
ჟინ კატიზ გჲურულთი ვანში ბაბაქ თუდელენ ბიგათე ეწონთხამს- jin ǩaťiz gyurulti vanşi babak tudelen bigate eǯontxams
- When they make noise upstairs, my father pokes ceiling with a stick from below
Adverb
ჟინ • (jin) (Latin spelling jin) (Atina, Vizha, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- over, above, on, upon
კოჩიზ ჩქარ ნოსი ვარ უღუნ. დიშქათე ოფშა არაბაზ ჟინ ბერე ჲოხუნამს.- ǩoçiz çkar nosi var uğun. dişkate opşa arabaz jin bere yoxunams.
- That man has no brains. He sits the kid on a car full of wood.
- to high ground, from high
პაპულიზ ჟინ თი გაქთენ. ტიჲაჲეზ პოტე ვაგეხედუნ.- p̌ap̌uliz jin ti gakten. ťiyayez p̌oťe vagexedun.
- My grandfather gets dizzy from heights. He'd never get on an airplane.
- (figurative) above, up
ნოღაჲი კოჩეფეზ ჩხინდი ჟინ ოქაჩუნან- noğayi ǩoçepez çxindi jin okaçunan
- City people are arrogant
- (literally, “City people have their noses up”)
- after (a meal)
კატა გჲაჲიზ ჟინ ლოცა ებოფხორ- ǩaťa gyayiz jin loʒa ebopxor
- I eat dessert after every meal
Derived terms
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “jin”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჟინ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi