ქურანი

Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian کرن(د) (koran(d), dun-coloured horse) or a Turkic cognate of it.[1] See the Persian entry for more.

Adjective edit

ქურანი (kurani) (comparative უფრო ქურანი, superlative ყველაზე ქურანი)

  1. chestnut (colour), bay, maroon
    Synonym: წაბლისფერი (c̣ablisperi)

Noun edit

ქურანი (kurani) (plural ქურნები)

  1. bay (horse of chestnut colour)
  2. (Tbilisi) two-year-old horse
  3. (Kiziqi) foal up to three years old

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bats: ქურაჼ (kurã)
  • Mingrelian: ქურანი (kurani)

References edit

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[1] (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 328, page 464

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქურანი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ქურანა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[2] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 193a
  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ქურანი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎[3], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 231
  • Meckelein, Richard (1928) “ქურანი”, in Georgisch-deutsches Wörterbuch[4], Berlin: de Gruyter, page 504
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ქურანი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[5], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 376b

Mingrelian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun edit

ქურანი (kurani)

  1. (obsolete) Persia
    Synonyms: სპარსეთი (sṗarseti), ირანი (irani)

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქურანი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1540
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქურანი”, 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)‎[6] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 346b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქურანი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[7], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Georgian ქურანი (kurani). See it for more.

Noun edit

ქურანი (kurani) (plural ქურანეფი)

  1. (dated) bay (horse of chestnut colour)

Further reading edit

  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქურანი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[8], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN