ნაჴშირი

Etymology
From, a past-participle lexeme formed by prefixing the verb stem , , whence also ,.

Fähnrich reconstructs 🇨🇬, thus considering the initial to be part of the root. He derives Mingrelian and Laz cognates from the later 🇨🇬 archetype and notes the development of in Mingrelian.

On the other hand, derives from earlier, developed through the reduction of first  in , which in turn was formed by affixation of the  root. This is discarded by Klimov.

Noun

 * 1) coal