წირპლი

Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁irṗl-.[3][4] Cognate with Mingrelian ჭირპი (č̣irṗi). Middle Armenian ճիպռ (čipṙ), ճպուռ (čpuṙ), is a Zan borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼirpʼli/, [t͡sʼiɾpʼli]
  • Hyphenation: წირ‧პლი

Noun edit

წირპლი (c̣irṗli) (plural წირპლები)

  1. rheum, eye gunk
    Synonym: წუწი (c̣uc̣i)

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “წრიმლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  2. ^ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “წირპლი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 453a
  3. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 313
  4. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 654