Georgian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ioli/
  • Hyphenation: იო‧ლი

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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იოლი (ioli) (comparative უფრო იოლი, superlative ყველაზე იოლი)

  1. easy

Etymology 2

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From Dutch jol.

Noun

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იოლი (ioli) (plural იოლები)

  1. yawl

Mingrelian

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Alternative forms

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Rhododendron luteum

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ial- (pontic azalea). Cognate with Georgian იელი (ieli).[1][2] Doublet of იბლი (ibli). See also Svan ჰად-რა (had-ra, pontic azalea).

Noun

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იოლი (ioli) (plural იოლეფი)

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 423
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 213

Further reading

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  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “იოლი”, 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 248b

Etymology 2

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From Georgian იოლი (ioli).

Adjective

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იოლი (ioli)

  1. easy

Further reading

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “იოლი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 644