თხე̄რე
Svan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The ultimate origin is uncertain.
According to Čuxua, from *თხეუ̂-ლ-ე (*txeû-l-e), from Proto-Kartvelian *txew-l- (“to hunt, to catch”).[1] Other sources reconstruct a similar Proto-Kartvelian root but don't consider თხე̄რე (txēre) to be derived from it.[2][3][4]
According to others, this is a borrowing from Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “wild beast”), replacing the native term due to a taboo.[5][6]
Noun
[edit]თხე̄რე • (txēre) (plural თხე̄რა̈̄ლ or თხე̄რე̄ლ)
References
[edit]- ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 110-111
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*txew-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 249
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*txew-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 207
- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*txewl-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 78
- ^ Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 416–417
- ^ Tuite, Kevin, Schulze, Wolfgang (1998) “A Case of Taboo-Motivated Lexical Replacement in the Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus”, in Anthropological Linguistics[1], volume 40, number 3, page 372 of 363–383
Further reading
[edit]- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “თხე̄რე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 568