ზიზილა

Georgian

Etymology

Compare Armenian զիզի (zizi) and its derivatives. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zizila/, [ziziɫa]
  • Hyphenation: ზი‧ზი‧ლა

Noun

ზიზილა • (zizila) (plural ზიზილები)

  1. daisy (Bellis perennis)
    Synonyms: (Imereti) ჟუჟუნა (žužuna), (Guria) ბორჩხება (borčxeba)

Inflection

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  • ზიზილაკი (zizilaḳi, shard of porcelain or china) (possibly)
  • ზიზილ-პიპილა (zizil-ṗiṗila, cheap gaudy ornament; bauble, tinsel, trumpery) (possibly)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ზიზილა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ზიზილა”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 100
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ზიზილა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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