სისირი

Georgian

Etymology

As pointed out by Ačaṙean, borrowed from Armenian սի՛սիր (sísir), the regular Tbilisi dialect descendant of Old Armenian սիսեռն (siseṙn).

Čubinov and the Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language compared with Latin cicer, but this cannot be the direct source of the Georgian word due to phonological and chronological reasons. Nevertheless, the Latin word is connected with Armenian սիսեռն (siseṙn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sisiɾi]
• Hyphenation: სი‧სი‧რი

Noun

სისირი • (sisiri) (plural სისირები)

1. chickpea

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սիսեռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 218
• Čubinov, David (1887) “სისირი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1180
• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სისირი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press