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Svan
Etymology
Borrowed from Mingrelian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a), ultimately from Abkhaz а–ҷа́ҷа (a–čʼáčʼa, “liver”).[1][2]
Noun
ჯაჭ • (ǯač̣) (plural ჯაჭა̈რ)
- kidney
References
- ^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 200
- ^ 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 92
Further reading
- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჯაჭ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1987