დრაუჟი

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• დრაოჟი (draoži), დრაჟი (draži), დროჟი (droži), დრაუნჯი (draunǯi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian. See Persian درفش (derafš) for more. Doublet of დროშაჲ (drošay), borrowed via Armenian.

Noun

დრაუჟი • (drauži)

1. flag, banner

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “დროშა, დრაუჟი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 143a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դրօշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 697b
• Marr, N. (1907) “Армянские слова в грузинских Деяниях Пилата [Armenian words in the Georgian Acts of Pilate]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 17 (1906), pages 25–26, derives from Armenian
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “დრაუჟი, დრაუნჯი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 414a