ფურცელი

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Georgian[edit]

Stack of ფურცლები.

Etymology[edit]

From Old Georgian ფურცელი (purceli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *purc₁-el-. Cognate with Mingrelian ფურჩა (purča) and Laz ფურჩა (purça).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pʰurt͡seli/, [pʰuɾt͡sʰeli]
  • Hyphenation: ფურ‧ცე‧ლი

Noun[edit]

ფურცელი (purceli) (plural ფურცლები)

  1. paper
  2. sheet
  3. leaflet, petal

Inflection[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Old Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *purc₁-el- (foliage, husk). Klimov considers the latter to be derived from *prc₁-wn- (to peel) (whence also ფრცქვნა (prckvna, to peel, clean)).

Noun[edit]

ფურცელი (purceli)

  1. leaf (part of a plant)
  2. paper

Descendants[edit]

  • Georgian: ფურცელი (purceli)

References[edit]

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 445
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 207
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ფურცელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 448