ქურსი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ქური (kuri), ქურცი (kurci)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *kursl-. See Georgian ქუსლი (kusli) for more.

Noun

ქურსი • (kursi) (plural ქურსეფი)

1. heel

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 115
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქურსი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1540