ჴიდი

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *qid-, which is probably an apophonic nominal derivative from Proto-Kartvelian *qed-, *qd- (verb stem) (whence also ხდომა (xdoma), გადახდა (gadaxda), გახდა (gaxda), etc).

ჴიდი • (qidi)

1. bridge

• Georgian: ხიდი (xidi)

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 338
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 706
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 716
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჴიდი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 569
• Gamq̇reliʒe, Tamaz, Mač̣avariani, Givi (1965) Sonanṭta sisṭema da ablauṭi kartvelur enebši [The system of sonants and ablaut in Kartvelian languages]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 21, 114
• Schmidt, Gustav (1928) “Zur Erforschung der ossetisch-ungarischen Lehnbeziehungen”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen. Anzeiger‎ (in German), volume 19, numbers 1–3, Helsingfors, pages 27–31

• Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 199, proposes an Iranian origin for Georgian without the connection to Zan. Rejected by Klimov and Cheung.
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 129, proposes an Iranian origin for Georgian without the connection to Zan. Rejected by Klimov and Cheung.
• Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, page 351, rejects the connection of Ossetian хид (xid) with Old Georgian ჴიდი (qidi)
• Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 53–54, rejects the connection of Ossetian хид (xid) with Old Georgian ჴიდი (qidi)