ყორანგალი

Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from the Iranian source of Old Armenian կորնգան (korngan), probably via a Turkic language. Compare especially Artvin Turkish korangal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qʼoranɡali/, [χʼoɾaŋɡali]
  • Hyphenation: ყო‧რან‧გა‧ლი

Noun

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ყორანგალი (q̇orangali) (plural ყორანგალები)

  1. (Meskheti, Chveneburi) Synonym of ესპარცეტი (esṗarceṭi, sainfoin (plant of the genus Onobrychis))

Inflection

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Further reading

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  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ყორანგალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Puṭḳaraʒe, Šušana (1993) “ყორანგალი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli: C̣igni 1 [The Georgian language of "Chveneburebi" in Turkey: Book I]‎[2] (in Georgian), Batumi: University Press, page 621a, glossed as ბალახი (balaxi) = ყორანგალი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎[3] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014