ტყემალი

Georgian

ტყემალი

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇amal-, соntaminated with ტყე (ṭq̇e, forest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʼqʼemali/, [tʼχʼemali]
  • Hyphenation: ტყე‧მა‧ლი

Noun

ტყემალი • (ṭq̇emali) (plural ტყემლები)

  1. Prunus cerasifera, syn. Prunus divaricata: cherry plum
  2. tkemali, a cherry plum sauce

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ღორტყემალა (ɣorṭq̇emala, blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)) (Upper Racha)
  • ყვავტყემალა (q̇vavṭq̇emala, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)) (Guria)
  • ყორტყემალა (q̇orṭq̇emala, red hawthorn (Crataegus mollis)) (Lechkhumi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: տղեմալի (tġemali)
  • English: tkemali
  • Russian: ткемали (tkemali)

See also

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ტყემალი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ტყმიალი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 131b
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ტყემალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ტყემალი”, 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 340a
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