ჭაფურია

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-ar-.

Adjective

ჭაფურია • (č̣apuria)

1. (figuratively) sugar-sweet
2. (figuratively) glutinous, sticky (from sweetness)

Noun

ჭაფურია • (č̣apuria)

1. (figuratively) Synonym of შანქარი (šankari, “sugar”)
2. a kind of sweet mountain grass (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

• → Svan: ჭაფუ̈რ (č̣apür, “goatsbeard (Tragopogon); the best kind of mountain grass”), ჭაფო̈რ (č̣apör), ჭაფორ (č̣apor), ⇒ ჭაფხუ̂ირ (č̣apxûir)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭაფურია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1883
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჭაფურია”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 387a
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭაფურია”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჭაფურია”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN