ჩიტი

Georgian

ჩიტი

Alternative forms

  • ჩიტ (čiṭ) Ingilo dialect

Etymology

Attested since Middle Georgian.

According to Čubinov, an Armenian borrowing: compare Old Armenian ծիտ (cit), Middle Armenian չիտ (čʻit), ջիտ (ǰit, sparrow). This is rejected by Ačaṙean, because in Armenian the word is used post-classically and infrequently and now is present in Eastern dialects only; he considers the Armenian words to be borrowed from Kartvelian, the Middle Armenian forms specifically from Georgian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃitʼi/, [t͡ʃʰitʼi]
  • Hyphenation: ჩი‧ტი
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Noun

ჩიტი • (čiṭi) (plural ჩიტები)

  1. (small) bird
    ვარდის ჩიტიvardis čiṭinightingale
  2. sparrow
    Synonym: ბეღურა (beɣura)
  3. thickened grape-juice dripping from fresh churchkhela
  4. (in the plural) (loom) reed/heald supports

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • დერეფნის ჩიტი (derepnis čiṭi)
  • დედოფალა ჩიტი (dedopala čiṭi)
  • ჩიტის ბირკა (čiṭis birḳa)
  • ჩიტის თვალი (čiṭis tvali)
  • ჩიტის გული აქვს (čiṭis guli akvs)
  • თავზე ჩიტს არ გადაიფრენს (tavze čiṭs ar gadaiprens)
  • ჩიტი ვერ გადაფრინდება (čiṭi ver gadaprindeba)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: չիտ (čʻit), ջիտ (ǰit) (possibly)
  • Mingrelian: ჩიტი (čiṭi)

See also

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծիտ”, 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, pages 458–459
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “չիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 629a
  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ჩიტი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
  • Čubinov, David (1887) “ჩიტი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1579a

Mingrelian

Etymology

Related to Georgian ჩიტი (čiṭi); according to Kipšidze, borrowed from it. See there for more.

Noun

ჩიტი • (čiṭi)

  1. small bird
  2. sparrow

References

  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჩიტი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 365b
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