თავკომბალა

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From თავი (tavi) +‎ კომბალი (ḳombali) +‎ -ა (-a), literally a thing, that has a head similar to a shepherd's crook.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʰavkʼombala/, [tʰafkʼombaɫa]
  • Hyphenation: თავ‧კომ‧ბა‧ლა

Noun[edit]

თავკომბალა (tavḳombala) (plural თავკომბალები)

  1. tadpole
  2. globe thistle (Echinops)

Inflection[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “თავკომბალა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “თავკომბალა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo