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Old Georgian
Etymology
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Noun
ჭაჰრი • (č̣ahri)
- a kind of bird, possibly gull or osprey
5th century and later,
Bible,
Leviticus 11.13–16:
- და ესე გძაგდინ მფრინველთაგან და არა შჭამოთ, რამეთუ საძაგელ არს: ორბი და ყანჩი და ძერი, და ზარნასოვი, ძერქორი და მსგავსი მისი; ყორანი და მსგავსი მისი; და სერი და ჭაჰრი და მსგავსი მისი
- da ese gʒagdin mprinveltagan da ara šč̣amot, rametu saʒagel ars: orbi da q̇anči da ʒeri, da zarnasovi, ʒerkori da msgavsi misi; q̇orani da msgavsi misi; da seri da č̣ahri da msgavsi misi
- ჭარო (č̣aro, literally “looks similar to hawk, sits down on trees, grabs fish and eats it”) (possibly) (obsolete)
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჭაჰრი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 556b
- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ჭაჰრი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1558a, glossing as Fischadler with a question mark
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 180–181, compares ჭარი (č̣ari), ჭარო (č̣aro) to Old Armenian ճայ (čay)
- Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 615, considers ჭაჰრი (č̣ahri) a Zan borrowing