წალკოტი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian წალკოტი (c̣alḳoṭi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʼalkʼotʼi/
• Hyphenation: წალ‧კო‧ტი

Noun

წალკოტი • (c̣alḳoṭi) (plural წალკოტები)

1. orchard
2. vegetable garden

Derived terms

• ედემის წალკოტი (edemis c̣alḳoṭi)
• მეწალკოტე (mec̣alḳoṭe)

Related terms

• წალიკა (c̣aliḳa)

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ծաղկուտ (całkut), from ծաղիկ (całik, “flower”), whence წალიკა (c̣aliḳa). For the -ო- (-o-) ~ -ու- (-u-) correspondence compare მაწონი (mac̣oni) ~ մածուն (macun).

Noun

წალკოტი • (c̣alḳoṭi)

1. (magnificent) garden/orchard

Descendants

• Georgian: წალკოტი (c̣alḳoṭi)

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წალკოტი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 531a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծաղիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 439a
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “წალკოტი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: Garnett Press
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “წალკოტი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1484b