ღლიაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣel-. Cognate with Svan ლა-ღელ-ი-ა̈შ (la-ɣel-i-äš), Laz ღალ-ა-ჯიჯ-ა (ğal-a-cic-a).

Noun

ღლიაჲ • (ɣliay)

1. armpit (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder)

Descendants

• Georgian: იღლია (iɣlia), ღლია (ɣlia) — Kartli, Imereti, Javakheti, Chveneburi, ღლიავი (ɣliavi) — Guria, Imereti
  • → Mingrelian: რღია (rɣia)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 231
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 511–512
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 489–490

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ღლია”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 462a
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ღლიაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1296a