ჭერამი

Georgian

ჭერამის ნაყოფიანი ტოტი (მცხეთა)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ჭერამი (č̣erami).[1] Further origin is uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran); see it for more.

Doublet of წირანი (c̣irani).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʼerami/, [t͡ʃʼeɾami]
  • Hyphenation: ჭე‧რა‧მი

Noun

ჭერამი • (č̣erami) (plural ჭერმები)

  1. a variety of apricot, Prunus armeniaca syn. Armeniaca vulgaris (fruit and tree)
    Hypernym: გარგარი (gargari)

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Abkhaz: а-ҷара́м (a-čʼarám)
  • Ossetian: чъерами (ḱ’erami), къерами (k’erami)

References

  1. Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჭერამი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 458

Further reading

  • Archimandrit Lazarus (Gagnidse-Dwali) (2012) “ჭერამი”, in Botanisches Wörterbuch Deutsch–Georgisch, Georgisch–Deutsch, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Pavoriṭ Ṗrinṭi, page 155
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ჭერამი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • ჭერემი”, in Pereidnuli leksiḳoni [Fereydanian Dictionary] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
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