დოღი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unattested in Old Georgian. An Alanic borrowing, compare: Ossetian дугъ (duǧ), догъ (doǧ, horse race; running), дугъон (duǧon, steed), дугъуат (duǧwat, hippodrome, racetrack).[1][2][3] Ancient Greek δόγια (dógia, funeral service of the Huns) and Svan ა-დღ-ულ-ი̄ნ-ე (a--ul-īn-e, to gallop) are borrowed from the same source.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /doɣi/, [d̥oʁi]
  • Hyphenation: დო‧ღი

Noun[edit]

დოღი (doɣi) (plural დოღები)

  1. horse race
    Synonyms: მარულა (marula), ცხენნი (cxenni), სადგინი (sadgini)

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 373–374
  2. ^ Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 86
  3. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1975) “Excursus Iranocaucasicus”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg I (Acta Iranica; 4)‎[1], Leiden: Brill, page 34―35 of 31–35

Further reading[edit]

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “დოღი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 95–96, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *doɣ-, cognate with Svan ა-დღ-ულ-ი̄ნ-ე (a--ul-īn-e, to gallop).
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 137, follows Čuxua.