წერაყინი

Georgian

Etymology

Possibly akin to წერა (c̣era) and ყინული (q̇inuli), breaking it down as წერ-ა-ყინ-ი (c̣er-a-q̇in-i), hence the definition. Compare წერაქვი (c̣erakvi, pickaxe/axe for rocks) with similar development.

Tsira Baramidze instead breaks it down as წერ-აყ-ინ-ი (c̣er-aq̇-in-i), citing M. Chuxua who reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *c̣er-q̇-in, and connects the word to some North Caucasian languages.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼeraqʼini/, [t͡sʼeɾaχʼini]
  • Hyphenation: წე‧რა‧ყი‧ნი

Noun

წერაყინი • (c̣eraq̇ini) (plural წერაყინები)

  1. ice axe

Inflection

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References

  1. Tsira Baramidze, წერაყინი, Towards the Etymology of Georgian c̣erc̣eṭ- (წერწეტ-), page 11-12
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