ტეგანი
Georgian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Georgian ტეგანი (ṭegani).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ტეგანი • (ṭegani) (plural ტეგანები)
- common rue, Ruta graveolens
- Synonyms: ჭინტურია (č̣inṭuria), მარიამსაკმელა (mariamsaḳmela), სადაფა (sadapa)
Further reading edit
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ტეგანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
Old Georgian edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Ancient Greek πήγανον (pḗganon) with an unexplained ტ- (ṭ-).[1][2] In any case, related to it.
Noun edit
ტეგანი • (ṭegani)
References edit
- ^ Deeters, Gerhard (1937) “Graeco-Georgica”, in Mélanges Émile Boisacq, Annuaire de l'institut de philologie et d'histoire orientales et slaves (in German), volume 5, Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles, page 272, footnote 1
- ^ Deeters, Gerhard (1963) “Die kaukasischen Sprachen”, in Armenisch und kaukasische Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 7) (in German), mit Beiträgen von G. Deeters, G. R. Solta, Vahan Inglisian, Leiden, Köln: E. J. Brill, page 35
Further reading edit
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ტეგანი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 697b