ფოტუკალი

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal, orange), ultimately from Venetian portogallo.

Noun edit

ფოტუკალი (poťuǩali) (Latin spelling poťuǩali) (Arkabi)

  1. orange (Citrus sinensis) (fruit and tree)
    Coordinate term: არანძი (aranżi)
    მთუგიქ ფოტუკალი გოხორუმს დო მეშიფხორს
    mtugik poťuǩali goxorums do meşipxors
    The mouse gnaws around the orange and eats the inside

References edit

  • Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “porťiǩali”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 40
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “porťiǩali”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 833b
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “pot’uk’ali”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფორთოკალე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi