ღომი

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Georgian[edit]

ღომი (1)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣom-. Cognate with Mingrelian ღუმუ (ɣumu), Laz ღომუ (ğomu), ღომი (ğomi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ღომი (ɣomi) (plural ღომები)

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
  2. ghomi (a kind of gruel made from maize, formerly also from foxtail millet)

Declension[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ղոմի (ġomi)
  • Russian: го́ми (gómi)

References[edit]

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 490–491
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 231–232
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ღომი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo