ნჯირი

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Laz[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁il- (dream, sleep). Cognate with Georgian ძილი (ʒili, sleep) and Mingrelian ჯირა (ǯira, sleeping).

Noun[edit]

ნჯირი (nciri) (Latin spelling nciri)

  1. sleep
    ნჯირი ქემაჯინუ
    nciri kemacinu
    I'm sleepy
    (literally, “Sleep has stepped on me”)

Inflection[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “nciri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნჯირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi