ვიჟა
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Laz[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Laz *ვი(ნ)ჟა (*vi(n)ja, “mineral (salty) water”), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *weʒ₁-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
ვიჟა • (vija) (Latin spelling Vija)
- Çamlıhemşin, Rize (a city in Turkey)
- In Çamlıhemşin, Rize district, areas where Hemshin people are in the majority
Descendants[edit]
- → Armenian: Վիժա (Viža)
Further reading[edit]
- 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