ჩაფლაჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu), the plural of చెప్పు (ceppu). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ჩაფლაჲ • (čaplay)

  1. shoe, sandal

Descendants
  • >? Middle Georgian: ჩაფულა (čapula) (or doublet from Ottoman Turkish)
    • Georgian: ჩაფულა (čapula)
    • →? Laz: ჩაბლა (çabla), ჩაფლა (çapla), ჩაფულა (çapula) (or from Ottoman Turkish)
    • → Mingrelian: ჩაფულა (čapula), ჩაფჷლა (čapəla), ჩაფია (čapia), ჩაფილა (čapila), ჩაფლა (čapla)
      • → Svan: ჩაფჷლ (čapəl)
    • →⇒ Svan: ფაჩლარულ (pačlarul, “barefoot”)

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჩაფლაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 511b
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