ფურცელი

Georgian

Stack of ფურცლები.

Etymology

From Old Georgian ფურცელი (purceli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *purc₁-el-. Cognate with Mingrelian ფურჩა (purča) and Laz ფურჩა (purça).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰurt͡seli/, [pʰuɾt͡sʰeli]
  • Hyphenation: ფურ‧ცე‧ლი

Noun

ფურცელი • (purceli) (plural ფურცლები)

  1. paper
  2. sheet
  3. leaflet, petal

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ხახვის ფურცელი (xaxvis purceli)

See also

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *purc₁-el- (foliage, husk). Klimov considers the latter to be derived from *prc₁-wn- (to peel) (whence also ფრცქვნა (prckvna, to peel, clean)).

Noun

ფურცელი • (purceli)

  1. leaf (part of a plant)
  2. paper

Descendants

  • Georgian: ფურცელი (purceli)

References

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 445
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 207
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ფურცელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 448
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