ქურანი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ქურანა (kurana)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کرن(د) (koran(d), dun-coloured horse) or a Turkic cognate of it.[1] See the Persian entry for more.

Adjective

ქურანი • (kurani) (comparative უფრო ქურანი, superlative ყველაზე ქურანი)

  1. chestnut (colour), bay, maroon
    Synonym: წაბლისფერი (c̣ablisperi)

Noun

ქურანი • (kurani) (plural ქურნები)

  1. bay (horse of chestnut colour)
  2. (Tbilisi) two-year-old horse
  3. (Kiziqi) foal up to three years old

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ქურანა (kurana)

Descendants

  • Bats: ქურაჼ (kurã)
  • Mingrelian: ქურანი (kurani)

References

  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission) (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 328, page 464

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქურანი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ქურანა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 193a
  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ქურანი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 231
  • Meckelein, Richard (1928) “ქურანი”, in Georgisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 504
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ქურანი”, 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 376b

Mingrelian

Etymology 1

Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

ქურანი • (kurani)

  1. (obsolete) Persia
    Synonyms: სპარსეთი (sṗarseti), ირანი (irani)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქურანი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1540
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქურანი”, 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 346b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქურანი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Georgian ქურანი (kurani). See it for more.

Noun

ქურანი • (kurani) (plural ქურანეფი)

  1. (dated) bay (horse of chestnut colour)

Further reading

  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქურანი”, 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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