მღვდელი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian [Term?], from Proto-Kartvelian root *ɣad (to do; to speak loudly).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɣvdeli/, [mʁʷdeli]
  • Hyphenation: მღვდე‧ლი

Noun

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მღვდელი (mɣvdeli) (plural მღვდლები)

  1. priest

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Hinukh: гъурдело (ġurdelo, priest)

References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 220