ჲანგაზი

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish yanaz (“mean, moody (person)”), dialectal yangaz.

Adjective

ჲანგაზი • (yangazi) (Latin spelling yangazi) (Arkabi)

prankish, naughty, mischievous
Synonyms: ხიზანი (xizani), ხაშარი (xaşari)

ჰაკკი დიდო ჲანგაზი ბერე რენ. კოლთუღიზ გამაშირეჲი ჲეეფეზ კითი ამუმერს დო გეხარუმს.
haǩǩi dido yangazi bere ren. ǩoltuğiz gamaşireyi yeepez ǩiti amumers do gexarums.
Hakki is a very naughty boy. He puts his finger on the worn parts of the chair and tears it.

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “yangazi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ჲანგაზი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

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