ჶორკა

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Laz

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Etymology

Unknown. Has been compared to Laz ფორჩა (porça).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ(ɹ)kʼɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ჶორ‧კა

Noun

ჶორკა (forǩa) (Latin spelling forǩa) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi)

  1. dress
    • 1930 – 1931, Niyazi Ahmet Banoğlu, Stories recorded by Georges Dumézil in Istanbul The clothing of the Laz:[1]
      ვიტოხუთ-ვიტვაშ წანერ ბოზოფე მეტაკსიშ ჶოტა თიზ მოთჶალერ ფუქურონ ბასმაშ ჶორკა დოლოქუნერ დო კუჩხეს წუღა მოდვალერ გულუნან.
      viťoxut-viťvaş ǯaner bozope meťaǩsiş foťa tiz motfaler pukuron basmaş forǩa dolokuner do ǩuçxes ǯuğa modvaler gulunan.
      The girls of fifteen to sixteen go around with their heads covered with a silk ჶოტა (foťa), dressed in a flowered calico forka, and wearing shoes.

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References

  1. ^ Dumézil, Georges (1937) Contes lazes (Travaux et mémoires de l'Institut d'ethnologie; 27)‎ (in French), Paris: Institut d'Ethnologie, page 127

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