ღანძილი

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ხანძილი (xanʒili), ღანძელი (ɣanʒeli), ღანზილ (ɣanzil) (dialectal)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁänd͡zili]
• Hyphenation: ღან‧ძი‧ლი

Noun

ღანძილი • (ɣanʒili)

1. ramsons, Allium ursinum

   Synonym: (dialectal) ჯიშკილა (ǯišḳila)

Derived terms

• მთის ღანძილი (mtis ɣanʒili)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ղանձիլ (ġanjil)
• → Bats: ღანძილ (ɣanʒil)
• → Bezhta: гъанзил (ğanzil)
• → Hunzib: гъанзил (ǧanzil)
• → Udi: гъандзил (ɣanʒil)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღანძილი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
• Bussmann, Rainer W., editor (2017), Ethnobotany of the Caucasus (European Ethnobotany), Springer, pages 99–105
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ღანძილი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1993), “ღანძილი”, in I. Abulaʒe, editor, Leksiḳoni kartuli [Georgian dictionary]‎^[2] (in Georgian), volume II, compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Merani, →ISBN, page 247b, considered the word to be an Armenism