წყა̈რშინდ

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Svan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian *წყარ-იშ-სინდ-ი (*c̣q̇ar-iš-sind-i). The alternative form წყა̈სინჯ (c̣q̇äsinǯ) is from Mingrelian წყარისინჯი (c̣q̇arisinǯi). Doublet of მჷსირ (məsir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼqʼærʃind/
  • Hyphenation: წყა̈რ‧შინდ

Noun

წყა̈რშინდ • (c̣q̇äršind) (plural წყა̈რშინდა̈რ)

  1. duck
    Synonym: მჷლც (məlc)

References

  • Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎, Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9, which writes წყარშჷნდ (c̣q̇aršənd)
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 403–404
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 367
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 166

Further reading

  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წყა̈რშინდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1920
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