ქინძ

Bats

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, ultimately an Armenian borrowing. Compare Old Armenian գինձ (ginj), Armenian գինձ (ginj) and its dialectal forms.

The borrowing is probably mediated by Georgian ქინძი (kinʒi).

Noun

ქინძ (kinʒ)

  1. coriander
  • ქინძისთავ (kinʒistav)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գինձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 559b
  • Kadagidze, David; Kadagidze, Niko (1984), “ქინძ”, in Čikobava, Arn., editor, Cova-tušinsko–gruzinsko–russkij slovarʹ [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary], prepared for publication by Gagua R. R., Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 614a
  • Schiefner, Anton (1856) Versuch über die Thusch-Sprache oder die khistische Mundart in Thuschetien (in German), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 119b
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