Georgian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sali/
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ლი

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *sal-, cognate with Mingrelian სოლი (soli).[1][2]

Adjective

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სალი (sali) (comparative უფრო სალი, superlative ყველაზე სალი)

  1. steep
  2. (figuratively) solid, strong, unyielding
  3. solid
Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Mingrelian: ლასარი (lasari)

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 162
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 359

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 155–156, derives from Old Armenian սալ (sal, anvil).

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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სალი (sali)

  1. a female given name, short for სალომე (salome)