Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ცხვინი ‎(cxvini)
• ცხვინდი ‎(cxvindi)

Noun

ცხვენი • ‎(cxveni)

1. the ceiling above the hearth

Descendants

• Armenian: ցխինք ‎(cʿxinkʿ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ձեղուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Kipšidze, I. (1910), “ცხვენი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 431