ჭიმ

Bats

Etymology

Akin to Chechen чӏим (čʼim), Ingush чӏим (čʼim); Georgian ჭყიმი (č̣q̇imi), ჭყიმა (č̣q̇ima).

Noun

ჭიმ (č̣imclass bd

  1. cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Descendants

  • Georgian: (Tusheti) ჭიმი (č̣imi), (Khevsureti) ჭიმა (č̣ima)

Further reading

  • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “ჭიმ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 217
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 31