Laz

Noun

ჯა • ‎(ǯa)

1. tree

References

• Adjarian, H. (1898), “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 239

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁el-. Cognate with Georgian ძელი ‎(ʒeli) and Laz ჯა ‎(ǯa).

Noun

ჯა • ‎(ǯa)

1. tree

References

• penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 623
• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ჯა”, in megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2025