შნო

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Armenian շնորհ (šnorh),[1][2] from Iranian.[3] Vogt is sceptical because of -ր- (-r-),[4] but the form can be explained by borrowing from later Armenian *շնոհ (*šnoh),[5] which is attested in Middle Armenian compounds, such as շնոհ-ւոր (šnoh-wor).

Alternatively, a native formation fom Proto-Kartvelian *šw-en- ~ *šw-n- (“to decorate; to be proper, befit”), whence Georgian შვენება (šveneba), მშვენიერი (mšvenieri) etc.[4][6] Gippert calls this derivation phonetically untenable.[5]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

შნო • (šno) (plural შნოები)

  1. pleasantness, fascination
  2. charm
  3. adroitness, dexterity
  4. courage, guts

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Bielmeier, Roland (1985) “Zu iranischen Lehnwörtern im Georgischen und Armenischen”, in H. M. Ölberg, G. Schmidt, editors, Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungen: Festschrift für Johann Knobloch zum 65. Geburtstag (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft; 23) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, page 37
  • Gamkrelidze, Thomas V., Mačavariani, Givi I. (1982) Winfried Boeder, transl., Sonantensystem und Ablaut in den Kartwelsprachen: Eine Typologie der Struktur des Gemeinkartwelischen (Ars Linguistica; 10) (in German), Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, page 126
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “შნო”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 351

References[edit]

  1. ^ Čubinov, David (1840) “შნო”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 587b
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շնորհ”, 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 527b
  3. ^ Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 174, 559
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 330 of 321–338
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 148
  6. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 250
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