ჟამი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ჟამი (žami, hour), from Old Georgian ჟამი (žami, time), from Old Armenian ժամ (žam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒami/
  • Hyphenation: ჟა‧მი

Noun

ჟამი (žami) (plural ჟამები)

  1. (dated) time
  2. pest, plague
  3. (Middle Georgian) hour (one twenty-fourth of a day)

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ժամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ժամ (žam), probably via Old Georgian ჟამი (žami).

Noun

ჟამი (žami)

  1. time; hour
    Synonym: ბორჯი (borǯi)

References

  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჟამი”, 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ժամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press