ტეგანი

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Georgian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Georgian ტეგანი (ṭegani).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʼeɡani/
  • Hyphenation: ტე‧გა‧ნი

Noun[edit]

ტეგანი (ṭegani) (plural ტეგანები)

  1. common rue, Ruta graveolens
    Synonyms: ჭინტურია (č̣inṭuria), მარიამსაკმელა (mariamsaḳmela), სადაფა (sadapa)

Further reading[edit]

  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ტეგანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

Old Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Ancient Greek πήγανον (pḗganon) with an unexplained ტ- (ṭ-).[1][2] In any case, related to it.

Noun[edit]

ტეგანი (ṭegani)

  1. rue, Ruta

References[edit]

  1. ^ Deeters, Gerhard (1937) “Graeco-Georgica”, in Mélanges Émile Boisacq, Annuaire de l'institut de philologie et d'histoire orientales et slaves (in German), volume 5, Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles, page 272, footnote 1
  2. ^ Deeters, Gerhard (1963) “Die kaukasischen Sprachen”, in Armenisch und kaukasische Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 7) (in German), mit Beiträgen von G. Deeters, G. R. Solta, Vahan Inglisian, Leiden, Köln: E. J. Brill, page 35

Further reading[edit]

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ტეგანი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 697b