ჩი̄ჟე

Svan

Alternative forms

• ჩიჟე (čiže)

Etymology

From *შიჯე (*šiǯe), from Proto-Kartvelian *s₁iʒ₁e-.

Noun

ჩი̄ჟე • (čīže) (plural ლა̈ჩჟა)

1. son-in-law
2. bridegroom

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ჩი̄ჟე”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 348a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ჩი̄ჟე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 316a
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “სიძე”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 180b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჩი̄ჟე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1864