ცელთი

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Laz

Juniperus communis var. saxatilis

Alternative forms

Etymology

Via the form ცერთი (ʒerti) borrowed from the Armenian Hamshen dialect form of Armenian ցրդի (cʻrdi). Compare Turkish Hamshen dialect çerti.

Noun

ცელთი • (ʒelti) (Latin spelling ʒelti) (Artasheni)

  1. alpine juniper (Juniperus communis var. saxatilis)

References

  • Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “ʒelti”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 50, compares to Old Armenian ցիրդ (cʻird)
  • Artvinli, Taner (2022) “çırti”, in Artvin Etimoloji Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Istanbul: Telemak Kitap, →ISBN, page 131b, derives from Armenian ցրդի (cʻrdi)
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ʒelti”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 978a
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