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Mingrelian
Etymology
From Georgian სხვენი (sxveni). Doublet of ცხუ (cxu). Armenian ցխինք (cʻxinkʻ) is a Zan borrowing.
Noun
ცხვენი • (cxveni)
- the ceiling above the hearth
Descendants
References
- Абуладзе, И. В. (1967) “Несколько общих слов в древнегрузинском и древнеармянском языках [Some Common Words in Classical Georgian and Classical Armenian]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Russian), numbers 2–3, pages 316–317
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 375
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ცხვენი”, 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 372
- Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 133
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ცხვენი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1781