# ვაზი
## Georgian
### Etymology

From Old Georgian ვაზი (vazi), from Old Armenian. See Old Georgian for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vazi]
* Hyphenation: ვა‧ზი

### Noun

ვაზი • (vazi) (uncountable)
* vine, grapevine
    Synonym: (archaic) ვენახი (venaxi)

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### Derived terms

* ჯვარი ვაზისა (ǯvari vazisa, “grapevine cross”)
* ვაზის წიდვა (vazis c̣idva)
* წიდნა ვაზი (c̣idna vazi)
* ვაზი დასხდება (vazi dasxdeba)
* ვაზის დამარხვა (vazis damarxva)

#### Descendants

* → Bats: ვაზ (vaz, “grapevine”)
* → Hinukh: вази (vazi, “grapevine”)

### See also

* მტევანი (mṭevani)
* ღვინო (ɣvino)
* ყურძენი (q̇urʒeni)

## Old Georgian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian վազ (vaz, “leap, jump, springing forward; *shoot (of vine)”), the latter sense appearing in Armenian records only since Middle Armenian վազ (vaz). It is now the commonly used form for the sense "vine"; the Old Georgian form ვენაჴი (venaqi, “vine; vineyard”) now primarily means "vineyard" except in formal or poetic language.

### Noun

ვაზი • (vazi)
* branch, shoot (of vine)
** 5th century and later, Bible, John 15.6, (Adysh Gospels):არა თუ ვინმე დაადგრა ჩემ თანა, განვარდა იგი გარე ვითარცა ვაზი, განჴმა, და შეკრიბონ იგი და ცეცხლთა დაასხან იგი, და დაიწუას.ara tu vinme daadgra čem tana, ganvarda igi gare vitarca vazi, ganqma, da šeḳribon igi da cecxlta daasxan igi, da daic̣uas.
** 10th century, Hippolytus, Commentary on the Song of Songs :რამეთუ იყო მათ თანა ლომი და ვაზი ვენაჴი და კაცი და ორბი იგი.rametu iq̇o mat tana lomi da vazi venaqi da ḳaci da orbi igi.

#### Usage notes

In John 15:6, corresponds to Old Armenian ուռ (uṙ) and Ancient Greek κλῆμα (klêma). In Hippolytus, corresponds to Old Armenian որթ (ortʻ).

#### Synonyms

* ვენაჴი (venaqi)

#### Descendants

* Georgian: ვაზი (vazi)
** → Bats: ვაზ (vaz, “grapevine”)
** → Hinukh: вази (vazi, “grapevine”)
* → Svan: ღუ̂ა̈ზ (ɣûäz)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 293a
* ↑ Климов, Г. А. (1989) “Рефлекс индоевропейского ларингального в картвельских языках? [A reflex of an Indo-European laryngeal in Kartvelian languages?]”, in Вопросы языкознания‎ (in Russian), number 6, page 26 of 23–28
* ↑ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 212
* ↑ Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 560, footnote 64
* ↑ Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 35
* ↑ Marr, N. (1901) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга III. Ипполит. Толкование Песни песней. Грузинский текст по рукописи X в. [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book III. Hippolytus. Commentary on the Song of Songs. The Georgian text based on a 10th c. manuscript] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press
* ↑ Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 73

### Further reading

* Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვაზი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 153a, glosses as ნასხლევი (nasxlevi, literally “severed, pruned”), as well as ვენაჴი (venaqi, “grapevine”)
* Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ვაზი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 297b
* Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 217, glosses as Weinrebe
* Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ვაზი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 440a, glosses as Weinrebe
* Климов, Г. А. (1981) “Несколько картвельских индоевропеизмов [Several Kartvelian Indo-Europeanisms]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), number 1979, Moscow: Nauka, page 173 of 167–173
* Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). III [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). III]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎ (in Russian), volume 9, number 10, pages 941–942