ბურტყლი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ბურტყლი (burṭq̇li), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *burṭq̇l- (plumage, down). Cognate with Mingrelian ბუტყუ (buṭq̇u), Laz ბუტყუ (buťqu), ბურტყუ (burťqu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burtʼqʼli/, [b̥uɾtʼχʼli]
  • Hyphenation: ბურ‧ტყლი

Noun

ბურტყლი • (burṭq̇li) (plural ბურტყლები)

  1. plumage
  2. (dated, rare) bird's down

Inflection

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Synonyms

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბურტყლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 21
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 85
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბურტყლი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 56
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