ორსანტი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms
  • ორსატი (orsaṭi)

Etymology

From *ოსატი (*osaṭi), from Georgian ოსტატი (osṭaṭi), from Persian استاد (ōstād). For სტ → ს (sṭ → s), compare არგუსო (arguso).

Noun

ორსანტი • (orsanṭi) (plural ორსანტეფი)

  1. craftsman

Further reading
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ორსა{ნ}ტი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1126
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ორსატი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 294b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ორსანტი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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