аҷандар

Abkhaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian ჭანდარი (č̣andari, “plane tree; poplar”). Compare Georgian ჭადარი (č̣adari, “plane tree”). Of the same Iranian origin as Middle Armenian ճանդարի (čandari).

Noun

a-ҷанда́р • (a-čʼandár)

1. (dialectal, Abzhywa) poplar
2. oriental plane (Platanus orientalis)

References

• Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005) “аҷандар”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], volumes 2: О–Џь (overall work in Abkhaz and Russian), Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 526b of 695
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճանդար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 184a