Georgian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bali/, [b̥ali]
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ლი

Etymology 1 edit

 
(წითელი) ბალი

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *bal- (sweet cherry), see there for more.

Noun edit

ბალი (bali) (plural ბლები)

  1. cherry
  2. sweet cherry
Inflection edit
.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit

References edit

  • Bläsing, Uwe (1995) Armenisch-Türkisch. Etymologische Betrachtungen ausgehend von Materialien aus dem Hemşingebiet (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 4) (in German), Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 133, footnote 134
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბალი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 7
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 92
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Russian балл (ball).

Noun edit

ბალი (bali) (plural ბალები)

  1. (in describing wave, wind etc.) point
  2. (in compounds) mark, grade, score
Inflection edit
.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Russian бал (bal).

Noun edit

ბალი (bali) (plural ბალები)

  1. ball, dance
Inflection edit
.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}