სრუტე

Georgian

Etymology

Unattested in Old Georgian. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /srutʼe/, [sɾutʼe]
  • Hyphenation: სრუ‧ტე

Noun

სრუტე • (sruṭe) (plural სრუტეები)

  1. (geography) strait

Inflection

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  • სორატი (soraṭi, footpath, narrow path) (Imereti)

Descendants

  • Mingrelian: საროტი (saroṭi, strait; footpath, narrow path)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სრუტე”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სრუტე”, 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 326b, records the word as სრუტი / სრუტე / სორეტი (sruṭi / sruṭe / soreṭi)
  • Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 191–192, derives from an Indo-European source (without mentioning the სორეტი (soreṭi) form), comparing it to Irish sruth (stream, to flow), Lithuanian srūti (to flow), Sanskrit स्रुत (srutá, flow)
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