გოდოლი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian გოდოლი (godoli), according to Ačaṙean borrowed from Old Armenian կոթող (kotʿoł). This is accepted by Russell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡodoli/, [ɡ̊odoli]
• Hyphenation: გო‧დო‧ლი

Noun

გოდოლი • (godoli) (plural გოდოლები)

1. pillar
2. tower

Synonyms

• (tower): კოშკი (ḳošḳi)

Derived terms

• ბაბილონის გოდოლი (babilonis godoli)

Related terms

• გოდლობა (godloba, “to rise”)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կոթող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 615a
• Russell, James R. (1987) Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series; 5), Cambridge: Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, page 98