წამწამი

Georgian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Georgian წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʼamt͡sʼami/
• Hyphenation: წამ‧წა‧მი

Noun

წამწამი • (c̣amc̣ami) (plural წამწამები)

1. eyelash

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Old Georgian

Etymology

Reduplication of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Kartvelian root *c̣am-; see there for more.

Noun

წამწამი • (c̣amc̣ami)

1. eyelash

Descendants

• Georgian: წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami)

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წამწამი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 532
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣am-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 292
• Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*c̣am-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 242
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*c̣am-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 615—616