ყურძენი

Georgian

ყურძენი

Etymology

From Old Georgian ყურძენი (q̇urʒeni).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼurd͡zeni/, [χʼuɾd͡zeni]
  • Hyphenation: ყურ‧ძე‧ნი

Noun

ყურძენი • (q̇urʒeni) (plural ყურძნები)

  1. grape

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ყურძენი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ყურძენი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ურძენი (urżeni)

Etymology

Likely from Old Georgian ყურძენი (q̇urʒeni).

Noun

ყურძენი • (qurżeni)

  1. grape

References

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 304

Old Georgian

Etymology

Compare Urartian [script needed] (ulde(ni)), [script needed] (uldini, vineyard).

Noun

ყურძენი • (q̇urʒeni)

  1. grape

Descendants

  • Georgian: ყურძენი (q̇urʒeni)
  • ? Laz: ყურძენი (qurżeni), ურძენი (urżeni)
  • ? Mingrelian: ჸურზენი (ʾurzeni), ჸურძენი (ʾurʒeni), ყურზენი (q̇urzeni), ყურძენი (q̇urʒeni)
  • ? Svan: ყუნზელ (q̇unzel, grape), ლეყუნზელა (leq̇unzela, vineyard)

References

  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 279―280, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇urʒ- (< *q̇urd-)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ყურძენი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 470
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