ღუარძლი
Old Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]ღუარძლი • (ɣuarʒli)
Descendants
[edit]- Georgian: ღვარძლი (ɣvarʒli)
References
[edit]- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 224―225
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 484
- ^ 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
[edit]- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ღუარძლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 464a