წანა

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Laz

Etymology

Akin to Adjaran Georgian წენ-ებ-ი (c̣en-eb-i, years) and Mingrelian წანა (c̣ana, year).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʼɑnɑ/
  • Hyphenation: წა‧ნა

Noun

წანა (ǯana) (Latin spelling ǯana)

  1. year
    აღანი წანა მთელლი კიჲანა დო კოჩინობა შენი ჯუმალობაში დო დალობაში არ წანა ივას
    ağani ǯana mtelli ǩiyana do ǩoçinoba şeni cumalobaşi do dalobaşi ar ǯana ivas
    May the new year be a year of brotherhood and sisterhood for the whole world and humanity
  2. age
    სუმენეჩი-დო-ხუთ წანაშე ნა-მოხთუ ნანა-ჩქიმი არ კაჲი ნდღა ძიჲამერი ვა-რენ
    sumeneçi-do-xut ǯanaşe na-moxtu nana-çkimi ar ǩayi ndğa żiyameri va-ren
    My mother, who is sixty-five years old, has not seen a good day

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 873
  • Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 123:Tzana
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’ana”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “წანა”, 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 218a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წანა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi