Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian გერი (geri); see there for more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡeri/, [ɡ̊eɾi]
  • Hyphenation: გე‧რი

Noun edit

გერი (geri) (plural გერები)

  1. stepchild

Inflection edit

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Mingrelian edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Related to Laz მგერი (mgeri) and Old Georgian მგელი (mgeli). According to Klimov's earlier work, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mgel- (wolf), he however remarks that in Mingrelian-Laz *მგარ- (*mgar-) is expected.[1] In Klimov's more recent works, he no longer reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan. If that's correct, then this word should be treated as a borrowing from Old Georgian მგელი (mgeli) (itself possibly from Armenian, for which compare Old Armenian գայլ (gayl)[2]).

Noun edit

გერი (geri) (plural გერეფი)

  1. wolf

References edit

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*mgel-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 130
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 512–513

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “გერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 185
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “გერი”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 215a

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Old Armenian գերի (geri, captive).

Noun edit

გერი (geri)

  1. wild plant (plant that grew in wild; without planting)
  2. (figurative) stepchild (a child only from a different father)

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “გერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 92
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գերի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 544b
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “გერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[3], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 73