ჟანგი

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ჟანგი. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ჟანგი, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ჟანგი in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ჟანგი you have here. The definition of the word ჟანგი will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofჟანგი, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing (compare Persian زنگ (zang)), via Old Armenian ժանգ (žang) or direct.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ჟან‧გი

Noun

ჟანგი (žangi) (uncountable)

  1. rust

Inflection

Declension of ჟანგი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ჟანგი (žangi)
ergative ჟანგმა (žangma)
dative ჟანგს(ა) (žangs(a))
genitive ჟანგის(ა) (žangis(a))
instrumental ჟანგით(ა) (žangit(a))
adverbial ჟანგად(ა) (žangad(a))
vocative ჟანგო (žango)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ჟანგი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ჟანგზე (žangze)
-თან (-tan, near) ჟანგთან (žangtan)
-ში (-ši, in) ჟანგში (žangši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ჟანგივით (žangivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ჟანგისთვის (žangistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ჟანგისებრ (žangisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ჟანგისკენ (žangisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ჟანგისგან (žangisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ჟანგისადმი (žangisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ჟანგიდან (žangidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ჟანგითურთ (žangiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ჟანგამდე (žangamde)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ժանգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 226a