Georgian edit

 
Rhododendron luteum

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ial- (pontic azalea), the expected forms with (a) rather than (e) are preserved in dialects. Čuxua further derives Svan ჰად-რა (had-ra, pontic azalea) from the same root, however this is rejected by Fähnrich. Cognate with Mingrelian იოლი (ioli).[4][5]

Compare also synonymous Armenian եղրի (eġri).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ieli/
  • Hyphenation: იე‧ლი

Noun edit

იელი (ieli) (plural იელები)

  1. yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea, pontic azalea (Rhododendron luteum)

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Laz: ჲელი (yeli)
  • Mingrelian: ელი (eli) (from alternative form ელი (eli))
  • Turkish: yel çiçeği

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “იელი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 217b
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “იელი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[2] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 256b
  3. ^ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “იელი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[3] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 327b
  4. ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 423
  5. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 213

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “იელი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “იელი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[4], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “იელი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[5], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 146b