ღუარძლი

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣwarʒl-. Cognate with Mingrelian ღურძული (ɣurʒuli, “plague, misfortune”), Laz ღურძული (ğurżuli, “poison; plague, misfortune”).[1][2]

According to J̌ahukyan, Middle Armenian խորձուիլ (xorjuil), Armenian խավարծիլ (xavarcil, “rhubarb”), is borrowed from Kartvelian.[3]

Noun

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ღუარძლი • (ɣuarʒli)

  1. darnel, poison darnel (Lolium temulentum)

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ღვარძლი (ɣvarʒli)

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 224―225
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 484
  3. ^ Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎[1], volume 7, number 1/2, page 193 of 191–194

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ღუარძლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi)‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 464a
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