Georgian edit

Etymology edit

According to Fähnrich,[1] from an earlier form *ქურთ- (*kurt-), from Proto-Kartvelian *kurt-, *kut-. Cognate with Mingrelian ქვირთუ (kvirtu, thief) and Svan ქუ̂ით (kûit), ლიქუ̂თერ (likûter, to steal). However Topuria considered Svan ქუ̂ით (kûit) a borrowing from Mingrelian, in which case only Proto-Georgian-Zan is reconstructible.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʰurdi/, [kʰuɾdi]
  • Hyphenation: ქურ‧დი

Noun edit

ქურდი (kurdi) (plural ქურდები)

  1. thief
  2. (informal, slang) Synonym of კანონიერი ქურდი (ḳanonieri kurdi)

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 472