ჭაფურია
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Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-ar-.
Adjective
ჭაფურია • (č̣apuria)
- (figuratively) sugar-sweet
- (figuratively) glutinous, sticky (from sweetness)
Noun
ჭაფურია • (č̣apuria)
- (figuratively) Synonym of შანქარი (šankari, “sugar”)
- a kind of sweet mountain grass (clarification of this definition is needed)
Descendants
- → Svan: ჭაფუ̈რ (č̣apür, “goatsbeard (Tragopogon); the best kind of mountain grass”), ჭაფო̈რ (č̣apör), ჭაფორ (č̣apor), ⇒ ჭაფხუ̂ირ (č̣apxûir)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭაფურია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1883
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჭაფურია”, 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 387a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭაფურია”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჭაფურია”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN