შარავანდი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian შარავანდი (šaravandi).

Noun

შარავანდი • (šaravandi) (plural შარავანდები)

1. nimbus, halo, aureole

References

• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “შარავანდი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: Garnett Press

Old Georgian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. See Old Armenian աշխարաւանդ (ašxarawand) for more.

Noun

შარავანდი • (šaravandi)

1. royal crown

Derived terms

• შარავანდედი (šaravandedi)
• შარავანდედება (šaravandedeba)
• შარავანდედობა (šaravandedoba)
• შარავანდდადგმულ (šaravanddadgmul)
• შარავანდის შებმა (šaravandis šebma)

 

Descendants

• Georgian: შარავანდი (šaravandi)

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “შარავანდი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 471
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “შარავანდი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 786a
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 205, 212, 215, 396, 398, deriving from Middle Persian *šahrāvand
• Rapp, Stephen H. (2001) “From Bumberazi to Basileus: Writing Cultural Synthesis and Dynastic Change in Medieval Georgia (K‛art‛li)”, in Antony Eastmond, editor, Eastern Approaches to Byzantium (Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Publications; 9), Ashgate Publishing, pages 115–116
• Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, pages 357–358
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “შარავანდი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: Garnett Press