თელაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Closely related to Old Armenian թեղի (tʻełi). See it for more.

Noun

თელაჲ • (telay)

1. elm
   • 5th century and later, Bible, Isaiah (Manuscript J) 44.14:

     ძელი იგი საროჲ, გინა თუ ცაცხჳ, მუხაჲ ანუ თელაჲ, რომელ-იგი დაჰნერგა უფალმან და აღაორძინა უხუებითა წჳმათაჲთა

     ʒeli igi saroy, gina tu cacxwi, muxay anu telay, romel-igi dahnerga upalman da aɣaorʒina uxuebita c̣wimatayta

     • Translation by Sardshweladse & Fähnrich

       der Zypressenbaum oder die Linde, Eiche oder Ulme, die der Herr gepflanzt und mit Überfluß an Regenfällen wachsen lassen hat

Usage notes

In an enumeration of tree names in Isaiah 44:14, corresponds to Old Armenian թեղօշ (tʻełōš).

Descendants

• Georgian: თელა (tela)
  • → Bats: თელ (tel)
  • → Mingrelian: თელა (tela)

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თელაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 179b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թեղի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 172a
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “თელაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 519ab
• Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 616–617 of 575–632, compares Chechen тал (tal, “poplar”), Ingush тал (tal) (however those are probably borrowed from Turkic languages, compare: Turkish dal (“branch”), Karachay-Balkar тал (tal, “willow”), Bashkir тал (tal, “willow”))
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*dwāɫɨ̄”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, compares Hurrian [script needed] (tālǝ, “tree, wood”)
• Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition)‎^[3], Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 205, compares Abkhaz а-ҭәа (a-tʷa, “lime, linden”), Ubykh t°asə (“beech”)