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Tschenkéli's principal contribution to the Georgian studies consists of a grammar (1958), chrestomathy (1958), and a voluminous Georgian-German dictionary, which was published posthumously from 1965 to 1974. Together with Ruth Neukomm, he also contributed to and edited the German translations of the medieval Georgian epics "Visramiani" ("Wisramiani: oder die Geschichte der Liebe von Wis und Ramin", 1957) and "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" ("Der Mann im Pantherfell", 1974).