დილეგი

Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian დილეგი (dilegi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dileɡi/, [d̥ileɡi]

Noun

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დილეგი (dilegi) (plural დილეგები)

  1. dungeon

Declension

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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According to Abulaje, together with Old Armenian դղեակ (dłeak, fortress; dungeon), Middle Armenian դղեկ (dġek) borrowed from an unspecified Iranian source. See դղեակ (dłeak) for more. Laz დილეღი (dileği) is borrowed from the same ultimate source.

Noun

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დილეგი (dilegi)

  1. fortress; dungeon [8–12th centuries]

Descendants

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References

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  • Čubinov, David (1887) “დილეგი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 479a
  • Abulaje, Ilia (1944) ““Dġeak” baṙi stugabanutʻyunə [The Etymology of the Word Dłeak]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎[2] (in Armenian), numbers 1-2, pages 105–106
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎[3] (in Armenian), number 5, pages 26–27
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 625–626