ჯაზი

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) jazz

Etymology
From, via.

Noun

 * 1) female ghoul, witch

Usage notes
Probably before the word came into use, the  was used with the same meaning. The word lives on even today (in the Artasheni dialect) in the name of, a kind of bogeyman made up to prevent children from entering the garden. is a mostly old woman who, for some unknown reason, has gained supernatural powers. However, old men can also be. can disguise themselves as various animals. To enter the room where the baby was, they would often disguise themselves as spiders or caterpillars (the caterpillar is called in Laz), and enter the room by passing through holes and gaps in the wood, hanging from attics or chimneys. Entering the room, the would return to its original state, and according to some accounts, she would sprinkle a pinch of ash in the mother's eyes, which she brought with a small object called, thus causing the mother to fall into a deep sleep. While the mother was asleep, she would rip out the child's liver or heart with a curved iron rod called. Babies attacked by were found dead in the morning with a bloody foam around their mouths. The would gather in caves at night and cook them on an open fire and eat the babies livers or hearts. If the animal she disguised as a spider, cat, dog, or any other was harmed, she would suffer the same damage, and if the animal she was disguised as was killed, she would also die.