ჟინოსქუა

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Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

ჟინო (žino, upper, top) +‎ სქუა (skua, child)

Noun

ჟინოსქუა (žinoskua) (plural ჟინოსქუალეფი)

  1. (historical) noble belonging to the aznauri class of Georgian nobility
    Synonym: აზნაური (aznauri)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჟინოსქუა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1204
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჟი”, 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 300a
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჟინოსქუა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჟინოსკუა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN