# ღანჯი
## Laz
### Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣerʒ₁-.

### Noun

ღანჯი • (ğanci) (plural ღანჯეფე)
* (anatomy) calf
* (Atina, anatomy) leg

### Further reading

* Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 236
* Benli, Faruk (2004) “ğanci”, in Lazuri-Turkili, Turkili-Lazuri Ansiklopedik Laksiyoni [Laz–Turkish–Laz Encyclopedic Dictionary], Istanbul: Kebikeç, page 78a, glossed as baldır
* Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 145, glossed as baldır
* Erten, Metin (2000) “ğanci”, in Lazca-Türkçe, Türkçe-Lazca Sözlük [Laz–Turkish–Laz dictionary], Istanbul: Anahtar Kitaplar, page 171, glossed as baldır
* Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 223, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣer- (“stem, stalk (botany)”), however this is rejected by Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe and Čuxua
* Marr, N. (1910) “ღანჯი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 200a
* Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ღანჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

## Mingrelian
### Alternative forms

* ღანჯა (ɣanǯa), ღანჯგი (ɣanǯgi)

### Etymology

Akin to Laz ოღანჯუ (oğancu, “to rust”), Georgian ხენჯი (xenǯi, “dross, clinker”). Similarity to Persian زنگ (zang) seems superficial.

### Noun

ღანჯი • (ɣanǯi) (plural ღანჯეფი)
* rust
    Synonym: ჯანგი (ǯangi)

#### Derived terms

* ღანჯუა (ɣanǯua)

### Further reading

* Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 99 of 79–113, based on ღანჯგი (ɣanǯgi) and Georgian ხენჯი (xenǯi) reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣenǯ-
* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ღანჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1550
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ღანჯი”, 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)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 349a
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 851, connect with Laz ოღანჯუ (oğancu), Georgian ხენჯი (xenǯi)
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ღანჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
* Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ღანჯა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN