ღანჯი

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Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣerʒ₁-.

Noun

ღანჯი • (ğanci) (plural ღანჯეფე)

  1. (anatomy) calf
  2. (Atina, anatomy) leg

Further reading

  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 236
  • Benli, Faruk (2004) “ğanci”, in Lazuri-Turkili, Turkili-Lazuri Ansiklopedik Laksiyoni [Laz–Turkish–Laz Encyclopedic Dictionary], Istanbul: Kebikeç, page 78a, glossed as baldır
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 145, glossed as baldır
  • Erten, Metin (2000) “ğanci”, in Lazca-Türkçe, Türkçe-Lazca Sözlük [Laz–Turkish–Laz dictionary], Istanbul: Anahtar Kitaplar, page 171, glossed as baldır
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 223, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣer- (“stem, stalk (botany)”), however this is rejected by Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe and Čuxua
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ღანჯი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 200a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ღანჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Laz ოღანჯუ (oğancu, “to rust”), Georgian ხენჯი (xenǯi, “dross, clinker”). Similarity to Persian زنگ (zang) seems superficial.

Noun

ღანჯი • (ɣanǯi) (plural ღანჯეფი)

  1. rust
    Synonym: ჯანგი (ǯangi)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 99 of 79–113, based on ღანჯგი (ɣanǯgi) and Georgian ხენჯი (xenǯi) reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣenǯ-
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ღანჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1550
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ღანჯი”, 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 349a
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 851, connect with Laz ოღანჯუ (oğancu), Georgian ხენჯი (xenǯi)
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ღანჯი”, 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) “ღანჯა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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