კუესი
Old Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳwes- (“to strike fire”).
Noun
editკუესი • (ḳuesi)
Descendants
edit- Georgian: კვესი (ḳvesi)
See also
edit- საღრტილი (saɣrṭili)
Further reading
edit- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კუესი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 205a, glosses as რკინა (rḳina, “iron”)
- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “კუესი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 563a, glosses as Zündstahl (“firestriker”)