амыркылд

Abkhaz

Alternative forms
  • а-маркылд (a-markʼəld)

Etymology

From Georgian მარგალიტი (margaliṭi) or Mingrelian მარგალიტი (margaliṭi).[1]

Noun

а-мыркылд • (a-mərkʼəld)

  1. mother-of-pearl
    Synonym: амыркылдышь (amərkʼəldəš)

References
  1. Шагиров, А. К. (1989) В. И. Абаев, editor, Заимствованная лексика абхазо-адыгских языков [Borrowed vocabulary of Abkhazo-Adyghean languages]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 152

Further reading
  • Генко, А. Н. (1998) “амыркылд”, in Абхазско-русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 178a
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005) “амыркылд”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary]‎, volumes 1: А–Н (overall work in Abkhaz and Russian), Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 709a of 713
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