Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰōlo-, the supposed ancestor of Old Irish bolad, Latvian buls.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /boli/, [b̥oli]
  • Hyphenation: ბო‧ლი

Noun edit

ბოლი (boli) (uncountable)

  1. smoke

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 172―173
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 162

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბოლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბოლი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 51b, glossed as დიდი კუამლი (didi ḳuamli, literally big smoke)