ცეცხლი

Georgian

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ცეცხლი

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ცეცხლი (cecxli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec₁xl-. Cognate with Mingrelian დაჩხირი (dačxiri) and Laz დაჩხირი (daçxiri).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡set͡sxli/, [t͡sʰet͡sʰχli]
  • Hyphenation: ცეცხ‧ლი

Noun

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ცეცხლი (cecxli) (uncountable)

  1. fire
  2. (figuratively) heat, ardour

Inflection

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Derived terms

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See also

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒec₁xl-.

Noun

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ცეცხლი (cecxli)

  1. fire
  2. ember
  3. stove, cooker

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ცეცხლი (cecxli)

References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 280
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 614
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 595
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ცეცხლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 515