ცა̈̄ჲრა

Svan

ცა̈̄ჲრა

Alternative forms

• ცა̈ჲრა (cäyra), ცა̄ჲრა (cāyra), ცაჰრა (cahra), ცაი (cai)

Etymology

From ცა̈̄ჲ- (cǟy-, “elm”) +‎ -რა (-ra, plant, tree designation), from Proto-Kartvelian *ca-.

Noun

ცა̈̄ჲრა • (cǟyra) (plural ცა̈̄ჲრა̈̄ლ)

1. elm
2. elm tree's log, timber

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ცა̄ჲრა”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 352b
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ცაი”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 320a
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “თელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Oniani, Arsen (1917) “ცა̄ჲრა”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 35a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ცა̈̄ჲრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1875