ვიჟა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ვიჯა (vica), ვიჯე (vice)

Etymology

From Laz *ვი(ნ)ჟა (*vi(n)ja, “mineral (salty) water”), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *weʒ₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviʒɑ/
• Hyphenation: ვი‧ჟა

Proper noun

ვიჟა • (vija) (Latin spelling Vija)

1. Çamlıhemşin, Rize (a city in Turkey)
2. In Çamlıhemşin, Rize district, areas where Hemshin people are in the majority

Descendants

• → Armenian: Վիժա (Viža)

Further reading

• Melikišvili, Irine (1975) “E > i ṗrocesi zanur dialekṭebši da xmovanta šesaṭq̇visobis erti darɣveva kartvelur enebši [E > i process in Zan dialects and the disturbance of vowel correspondences in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 122―128