მუნჯი

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian მუნჯი (munǯi), from Middle Armenian մունջ (munǰ).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mund͡ʒi]
  • Hyphenation: მუნ‧ჯი

Adjective

მუნჯი • (munǯi) (comparative უფრო მუნჯი, superlative ყველაზე მუნჯი)

  1. dumb, mute

Declension

Adjectival declension of მუნჯი
case adjective
nominative, genitive,
instrumental
მუნჯი (munǯi)
ergative მუნჯმა (munǯma)
dative, adverbial მუნჯ (munǯ)
vocative მუნჯო (munǯo)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bats: მუნჯ (munǯ)

References

  1. ^ Čubinov, David (1840) “მუნჯი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 353b
  2. ^ Kluge, Theodor (1913) “Die Indo-Germanischen Lehnwörter im Georgischen”, in Revue de linguistique et de philologie comparée[1] (in German), volume 46, Paris, page 262
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մունջ”, 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 359b
  4. ^ Bouda, Karl (1950) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erforschung des Georgischen”, in Lingua (in German), volume 2, number 3, →DOI, page 303 of 291–307