საღანი

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صحان (sahan), صحن (sahn), dialectal sağan, derived from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Noun

საღანი (sağani) (Latin spelling sağani) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse, Batumi)

  1. plate, dish
    Synonym: ტაბაღი (ťabaği)
    ბაქირიში საღანეფეზ კალაჲი გებოჩაფამ
    bakirişi sağanepez ǩalayi geboçapam
    I'm having copper plates tinned
  2. (quantity unit) a whole bowl full
    Synonym: ტაბაღი (ťabaği)
    ბერექ არ დიდი საღანი ჲოღუტი არ შვაჯის გეიფხორს
    berek ar didi sağani yoğuťi ar şvacis geipxors
    The child devours a large bowl of in a blink of an eye

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “sağani”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “საღანი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi