ჭანჭური

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ჭიანჭური (č̣ianč̣uri) dialectal

Etymology

Related to Laz ომბრი ჭაჭული (ombri ç̌aç̌uli), ომურ ჭანჭული (omur ç̌anç̌uli, a cultivar of Prunus domestica).[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʼant͡ʃʼuri/, [t͡ʃʼant͡ʃʼuɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ჭან‧ჭუ‧რი

Noun

ჭანჭური • (č̣anč̣uri) (uncountable)

  1. a cultivar of plum (Prunus domestica) indigenous to Georgia with a small, juicy, slightly tart fruit

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Armenian: ճանճուռ (čančuṙ), ճանճուլ (čančul), ճանջուլ (čanǰul)
  • Azerbaijani: cancur, cancul[3]
  • Bats: ჭაჼჭურ (č̣ãč̣ur)
  • Svan: ჭანჭურ (č̣anč̣ur)
  • Turkish: cancur, çançur, cancol
  • Avar: чӏанчӏур (čʼančʼur)[3]
  • Khvarshi: чӏанчӏул (č’anč’ul)[3]
  • Botlikh: чӏанчӏур (čʼančʼur)[3]
  • Godoberi: чӏанчӏур[3]
  • Chamalal: чӏанчӏур (čʼančʼur), чӏанчӏар (čʼančʼar)[3]
  • Andi: чӏимчӏур (čʼimčʼur)[3]
  • Russian: чанчу́ри (čančúri)

References

  1. Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “q̇omuri”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 42
  2. Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჭაჭული”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  3. Халилов, М. Ш. (2004) Грузинско-дагестанские языковые контакты [Georgian–Daghestanian linguistic contacts] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 231–232

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჭანჭური”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ჭანჭური”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჭიანჭური”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 338b
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