ღუარძლი

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Old Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣwarʒl-. Cognate with Mingrelian ღურძული (ɣurʒuli, plague, misfortune), Laz ღურძული (ğurżuli, poison; plague, misfortune).[1][2]

According to J̌ahukyan, Middle Armenian խորձուիլ (xorjuil), Armenian խավարծիլ (xavarcil, rhubarb), is borrowed from Kartvelian.[3]

Noun[edit]

ღუარძლი (ɣuarʒli)

  1. darnel, poison darnel (Lolium temulentum)

Descendants[edit]

  • Georgian: ღვარძლი (ɣvarʒli)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 224―225
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 484
  3. ^ Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 7, number 1/2, page 193 of 191–194

Further reading[edit]

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ღუარძლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 464a