Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ძუელი (ʒueli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁w-el- (old), from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁w- (to be old).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡zveli/, [d͡zʷeli]
  • Hyphenation: ძვე‧ლი

Adjective edit

ძველი (ʒveli) (comparative უფრო ძველი, superlative უძველესი)

  1. old
  2. former

Usage notes edit

When speaking of elderly people, მოხუცი (moxuci) is preferred.

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Noun edit

ძველი (ʒveli) (plural ძველები)

  1. (colloquial) thief in law

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Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ძველი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press