ტეგანი

Georgian

Alternative forms
  • ტაგანი (ṭagani), ტაგანა (ṭagana) — dialectal

Etymology

From Old Georgian ტეგანი (ṭegani).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʼeɡani/
  • Hyphenation: ტე‧გა‧ნი

Noun

ტეგანი • (ṭegani) (plural ტეგანები)

  1. common rue, Ruta graveolens
    Synonyms: ჭინტურია (č̣inṭuria), მარიამსაკმელა (mariamsaḳmela), სადაფა (sadapa)

Further reading
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ტეგანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

Old Georgian

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek πήγανον (pḗganon) with an unexplained ტ- (ṭ-).[1][2] In any case, related to it.

Noun

ტეგანი • (ṭegani)

  1. rue, Ruta

References
  1. Deeters, Gerhard (1937) “Graeco-Georgica”, in Mélanges Émile Boisacq, Annuaire de l'institut de philologie et d'histoire orientales et slaves (in German), volume 5, Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles, page 272, footnote 1
  2. Deeters, Gerhard (1963) “Die kaukasischen Sprachen”, in Armenisch und kaukasische Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 7) (in German), mit Beiträgen von G. Deeters, G. R. Solta, Vahan Inglisian, Leiden, Köln: E. J. Brill, page 35

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ტეგანი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 697b
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