ჭაკუნტელი

Old Georgian edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian *ճակունդեղ (*čakundeł),^[1] the earlier unreduced form of ճակնդեղ (čakndeł), ultimately from Middle Iranian *čakundar. See Old Armenian and Persian (čoğondar).

ჭაკუნტელი • (č̣aḳunṭeli)

⇒ Georgian: ჭაკუნტელი (č̣aḳunṭeli, “beet (Beta vulgaris)”) (Guria), ჭაკუნტელა (č̣aḳunṭela, “Lathyrus roseus”) (Tusheti),^[2] ჭაკუნტალა (č̣aḳunṭala, “infested with maggots”) (Racha)^[3]
→ Mingrelian: ჭაკუნტელი (č̣aḳunṭeli)^[4]
→ Svan: ჭაკუნტელ (č̣aḳunṭel, “beetroot; spring onion”)

^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճակն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 176b
^ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჭაკუნტელი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[1] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 333a
^ Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჭაკუნტალა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
^ Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჭაკუნტელი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჭაკუნტელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[3] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 556a
Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჭაკუნტელი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[4], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 457a, glossed as ტკბილი ჭარხალი (ṭḳbili č̣arxali, “sweet beet”).