Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Georgian, from Proto-Kartvelian *gom-. Cognate with Svan გუ̂ემ (gûem, room, chamber; cowshed). According to Chukhua (2003), the word is cognate with Svan გუ̂ალ (gûal, cowshed), comparing it to Georgian ქათამი (katami): Svan ქათალ (katal) for the change of the final consonant. However, this correspondence is later denied by Chukhua in his expanded edition of the dictionary in 2019.

Ačaṙean derives from Old Armenian գոմ (gom), which Chukhua derives from Kartvelian instead.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡomi/, [ɡ̊omi]
  • Hyphenation: გო‧მი

Noun edit

გომი (gomi) (plural გომები)

  1. barn or stable for overwintering cattle

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • ? Old Armenian: գոմ (gom)

References edit

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 147
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 109
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 86