Georgian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒoli/
  • Hyphenation: ჟო‧ლი

Etymology 1 edit

Compare ჟოლო (žolo).

Noun edit

ჟოლი (žoli) (plural ჟოლები)

  1. (Tusheti) blueberry, bilberry, synonym of მოცვი (mocvi)
  2. (Pshavi) raspberry, alternative form of ჟოლო (žolo)
  3. (Adjara, Chveneburi) mulberry, synonym of თუთა (tuta)
Inflection edit
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Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჟოლი1”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ჟოლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “თუთა, თუთის ხე”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • ჟოლი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎[4] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ჟოლი (žoli) (plural ჟოლები)

  1. (Kiziqi) newly hived beeswarm; wild beehive
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Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჟოლი2”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2013) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [Additional Material for Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume X, Tbilisi: Dedaena, pages 14–15, together with Mingrelian ჟურა (žura, drone (male bee)) derives from Proto-Georgian-Zan *žol-, comparing also Svan შაუ̂ლუ (šaûlu, drone (male bee))
  • Melikišvili, Irine (2009) “/Ž/ ponemis reḳonsṭrukcia da saerto-kartveluri sibilanṭuri šesaṭq̇visobebi [The Reconstruction of the Phoneme /Ž/ and Common-Kartvelian Sibilant Correspondences]”, in Enatmecnierebis saḳitxebi (in Georgian), volumes I–II, Tbilisi: Tbilisis universiṭeṭis gamomcemloba, pages 97–106