ძივთი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձիւթ (jiwtʻ) or directly from its Semitic source.

Noun

ძივთი • (ʒivti)

1. pitch, tar

   Coordinate term: ფისი (pisi)

Descendants

• Georgian: (Guria) ძინთი (ʒinti), (Chveneburi, Javakheti) ძივთი (ʒivti), ზივთი (zivti)

Further reading

• Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2001) “ძივთი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Old Georgian] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 255b
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ძივთი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 171b