ძღჷდ

Svan

Alternative forms
  • ძღჷ̄დ (ʒɣə̄d), ძღუდ (ʒɣud)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒuɣ- (“big”). Cognate with Mingrelian ძუღ-ე (ʒuɣ-e, “very; strong, healthy”).[1][2]

Adjective

ძღჷდ • (ʒɣəd)

  1. big, large

References
  1. Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 350–351
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 598

Further reading
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ძღჷდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1902
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