მენძელი

Mingrelian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Iranian, via Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli). See Persian سپنج (sepanj) for more.

Noun edit

მენძელი (menʒeli) (plural მენძელეფი)

  1. host, hostess

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მენძელი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 846
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მე-ნძელი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 291b, links with Mingrelian მინჯე (minǯe), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli), Old Armenian ասպնջական (aspnǰakan)
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მენძელი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “მენძელი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN