თუალი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *twal-. For the development of the senses compare Old Armenian ակն (akn).

Noun

თუალი • (tuali)

1. eye
2. gemstone
3. wheel
4. source of a stream

Descendants

• Georgian: თვალი (tvali), თოლი (toli) — Mtiuleti, Ingilo, Khevi, Fereydan, Tusheti

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თუალი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 182b