Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ფსელი (pseli), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *ps- (to urinate) of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Mingrelian ფსელა (psela), სელა (sela), ფსეა (psea) and Laz ფსელი (pseli), მსელი (mseli).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pʰseli/
  • Hyphenation: ფსე‧ლი

Noun edit

ფსელი (pseli) (uncountable)

  1. urine, piss

Inflection edit

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Synonyms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ფსელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 431
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 205