ლამაზი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Middle Georgian ლამაზი (lamazi, beautiful). First attested in the 12th century.

Usually said to be borrowed from Arabic لَمَّاز (lammāz, fault-finder, captious critic, caviler, carper), with a special sense development within Georgian.[1][2][3] Compare Middle Georgian ლამაზობა (lamazoba, deceitfulness) in Visramiani, preserving an older meaning.

Alternatively, borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَازِی (namāzī, a praying person; devout, or in the constant habit of praying; clean, pure, fit for prayer), from نَمَاز (namāz).[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lamazi/, [ɫamazi]
  • Hyphenation: ლა‧მა‧ზი

Adjective

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ლამაზი (lamazi) (comparative უფრო ლამაზი, superlative ულამაზესი)

  1. beautiful, handsome
    Synonyms: სიმპათიური (simṗatiuri), მშვენიერი (mšvenieri)
    Antonym: მახინჯი (maxinǯi)

Derived terms

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Noun

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ლამაზი (lamazi) (plural ლამაზები)

  1. beautiful, handsome person or object

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Bats: ლამზურ (lamzur)

References

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  1. ^ Abulaʒe, Iusṭine (1916) Šah-names anu mepeta c̣ignis kartuli versiebi [Georgian versions of the Shahnameh or the Book of Kings] (Ʒveli kartuli mc̣erloba; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 811
  2. ^ Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1965) “Arabuli siṭq̇vebis sṗarsuli gzit šemosvlis šesaxeb kartulši [On Arabic words that entered Georgian via Persian]”, in Tbilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi[1] (in Georgian), volume 105, Tbilisi, pages 315–316
  3. ^ Imedaʒe, Sopio (2014) Arabuli c̣armošobis leksiḳa sulxan–saba orbelianis „leksiḳon kartulši“ [The vocabulary of Arabic origin in Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani's "Georgian Dictionary"]‎[2] (in Georgian), dissertation, Kutaisi: Akaki Tsereteli State University, pages 126–127
  4. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1963) “Об этимологической методике Карла Боуды (На материале кавказских языков) [On the etymological method of Karl Bouda (Based on the material of Caucasian languages)]”, in Этимология[3], Moscow: Nauka, page 274 of 268–274

Further reading

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  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ლამაზი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[4], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 178
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 319