ჭკადუ

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჭკადი (č̣ḳadi), ჭკადჷ (č̣ḳadə)

Etymology

From *მ-ჭკად-უ (*m-č̣ḳad-u), from Proto-Kartvelian *m-č̣ed-el-.

Noun

ჭკადუ • (č̣ḳadu) (plural ჭკადუეფი)

1. smith, blacksmith

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭკადუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, pages 1904-1905
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჭკად”, 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 390b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭკადუ”, 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