# ჭაჭა
## Georgian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃʼat͡ʃʼa]
* Hyphenation: ჭა‧ჭა

### Etymology 1

Akin to Laz ჭაჭა (ç̌aç̌a), and possibly Armenian չանչ (čʻančʻ), չեչ (čʻečʻ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Alternative forms

* ჭეჭა (č̣eč̣a), ჭეჭაჲ (č̣eč̣ay) — Ingilo
* ჩაჩა (čača) — Imerkhevi

#### Noun

ჭაჭა • (č̣ač̣a) (plural ჭაჭები)
* grape pomace
* chacha (vodka made from chacha)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: ճաճա (čača), ճաճ (čač)
* → Bats: ჭაჭ (č̣ač̣)
* → Mingrelian: ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a)
* → Russian: ча́ча (čáča)
* → Turkish: çaça — Artvin

#### References

* ↑ Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 145
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “չանչ”, 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, pages 623–624
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “չեչ”, 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 627b

#### Further reading

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჭაჭა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
* Ǯanašvili, M. G. (1913) Saingilo, Tbilisi: S. M. Losaberidze Press, page 51
* Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჭაჭა”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 458a
* “ჭეჭაჲ”, in Ingilouri leksiḳoni [Ingiloan Dictionary]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
* “ჩაჩა”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mingrelian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a), ultimately from Abkhaz а-ҷа́ҷа (a-čʼáčʼa, “liver”).

#### Noun

ჭაჭა • (č̣ač̣a) (plural ჭაჭები) (Guria, Imereti, Racha)
* Synonym of თირკმელი (tirḳmeli, “kidney”)

#### References

* Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჭაჭა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 335

## Laz
### Alternative forms

* ჭეჭა (ç̌eç̌a)

### Etymology

Akin to Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a). See it for more.

### Noun

ჭაჭა • (ç̌aç̌a) (Latin spelling ç̌aç̌a)
* fruit or nut pomace, in particular grape pomace
    Synonym: მეზლაპე (mezlap̌e)
* (Atina) silk waste (the remainder of the silk obtained from the silk cocoon after processing)
* (Firtina Valley) bunch of grapes
    Synonym: ჭაბა (ç̌aba)
* (Artasheni) the green husk of a hazelnut

#### Derived terms

* ჭაჭა ოხვატუ (ç̌aç̌a oxvaťu)

### See also

* ჩეფლა (çepla, “nut pomace, in particular hazelnut and wallnut pomace”)
* ნოწილეხი (noǯilexi, “nut pomace, in particular wallnut pomace”)

### Adjective

ჭაჭა • (ç̌aç̌a) (Latin spelling ç̌aç̌a)
* (Sarpi, of grapes and plums) sour, unripe

### References

* Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) “ç̌aç̌a”, in Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 50a
* Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ç̌aç̌a”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 121a
* Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 145
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 879
* Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ç’aç’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
* Özşahin, Bayram Ali (2016) “ç̌aç̌a”, in Sarpişi Lazuri Nenapuna [Sarpi Village Laz Dictionary] (Lazika Sıra; 63) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Lazika, →ISBN, page 30a

## Mingrelian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Abkhaz а–ҷа́ҷа (a–čʼáčʼa, “liver”).

### Noun

ჭაჭა • (č̣ač̣a) (plural ჭაჭეფი)
* kidney

#### Descendants

* → Georgian: ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a)
* → Svan: ჯაჭ (ǯač̣, “kidney”), ჭაჭ (č̣ač̣), ⇒ ჯაჭა̈რ pl (ǯač̣är, “waist”), ჯაჭარ (ǯač̣ar)

### References

* ↑ Климов, Г. А. (1967) “Абхазско-адыгские этимологии. I (исконный фонд) [Abkhaz–Adyghe etymologies I (the genuine stock)]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), number 1965, Moscow, page 304 of 296–206
* ↑ Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 200
* ↑ 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 92

### Further reading

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჭაჭა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1884
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჭაჭა”, 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 387b
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭაჭა”, 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) “ჭაჭა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN