წჷრნი

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Svan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian ծիրանի (cirani, purple), probably ultimately derived from it via an unattested Old Georgian intermediary. See Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran) for more.

Adjective

წჷრნი (c̣ərni) (comparative ხოწრანა, superlative მაწრანე, diminutive მეწრა̈ნ)

  1. red
    გუშგუ̂ეჲ ბა̈ჲრახ წჷრნი ლი
    gušgûey bäyrax c̣ərni li
    our flag is red

Derived terms

References

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    Bouda, Karl (1955) “Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasische Etymologien”, in Die Welt des Orients (in German), volume 2, number 2, page 202 of 200–205
  • Deeters, Gerhard (1957) “Bemerkungen zu K. Bouda's „Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasischen Etymologien“”, in Die Welt des Orients (in German), volume 2, pages 382–383
  • Gippert, Jost (2000) “Towards an Electronic Analysis of Svan Dialectal Divergences”, in Kartvelian Heritage, volume 4, Kutaisi: University Press, pages 138–139
  • Gudjedjiani, Chato, Palmaitis, Mykolas L. (1986) Upper Svan: Grammar and Texts (Kalbotyra; XXXVII (4))‎, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 104
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 320, probably with a misprint of "Georgian" instead of "Armenian"
  • Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). I [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). I]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия (in Russian), volume 9, number 8, page 779
  • 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 38

Further reading

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “წჷრნი”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 369b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “წჷრნი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 333b
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “წითელი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 242b
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წჷრნი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1922