ნოღა

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *noɣa- (lowland).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔɣɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ნო‧ღა

Noun

ნოღა • (noğa) (plural ნოღაფე, Latin spelling noğa)

  1. bazaar
    Synonym: ჩარში (çarşi)
    პაპულიქ მოთამუში “ქოვალი ეჭოფაზ” ჲა დო ნოღაშე გჲოშქუმერს
    p̌ap̌ulik motamuşi “kovali eç̌opaz” ya do noğaşe gyoşkumers
    The grandfather sends his grandson to the bazaar to buy bread
  2. beach, seaside, coast, shore
    Synonyms: სევაილი (sevaili), ზუღაში პიჯი (zuğaşi p̌ici)
    ალი ბერე ნოღაშა ჯოშკუჲ
    ali bere noğaşa coşǩuy
    Ali sends the boy to the beach (or town)
  3. town, city
    აჲშე ნოღაშა იტაშა ალთუნეფე დოლიწაჲ
    ayşe noğaşa iťaşa altunepe doliǯay
    Aisha takes out her gold on the way to town

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 821
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “noğa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნოღა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *noɣa- (lowland).

Noun

ნოღა • (noɣa)

  1. (neologism) city, town
    Synonym: ქალაქი (kalaki)
    ქუთეში უმოსი ჯვეში ნოღა რე, ვინემ ქართი
    kuteši umosi ǯveši noɣa re, vinem karti
    Kutaisi is an older city than Tbilisi

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 144
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნოღა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1056
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