ჭყონდარი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From ჭყონდიდი (č̣q̇ondidi, Martvili) +‎ -არი (-ari).

Noun

ჭყონდარი • (č̣q̇ondari) (plural ჭყონდარეფი)

  1. Martvilian (someone from Martvili)
  2. (Christianity, archaic) bishop
  • ჭყოინდარი (č̣q̇oindari)

Descendants

  • Abkhaz: аҷҟәандар (ačʼqʷʼandar)

References

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭყონდარი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1932
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჭყონი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 395
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 885