მანძინენ

Laz

Alternative forms

• მვანძინენ (mvanżinen) — Atina, Vizha, Chkhala
• მანზინენ (manzinen) — Artasheni

Etymology

From მ- (m-) +‎ ა- (a-) +‎ ნძინ- (nżin-) +‎ -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒen- : ʒin- (“to add, increase”).

Verb

მანძინენ • (manżinen) (Latin spelling manżinen) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)

1. to increase

   ფარა ვახარჯაში ჲადვენ დო მანძინენ

   para vaxarcaşi yadven do manżinen

   When you don't spend the money, it adds up

Usage notes

• This verb is pronounced everywhere as /mɑnd͡zinɛn/ However, in wiktionary, it is also written as მანზინენ (manzinen) for the Artasheni dialect. This is because in Artasheni dialect, the ძ (ż) consonant is a variant of the /z/ phoneme and is observed only after the /n/ phoneme.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “manz*inen/ manzinen”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მონძინუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi