ცხოველი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ცხოველი (cxoveli), ცხოელი (cxoeli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xow-el-, from *c₁xow- (whence also Georgian ცხვარი (cxvari), Georgian ცხოვრება (cxovreba)). Cognate with Mingrelian ჩხოუ (čxou, cow) and Laz მჩხური (mçxuri, sheep); see below for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sxoveli/, [t͡sʰχoveli]
  • Hyphenation: ცხო‧ვე‧ლი

Noun

ცხოველი • (cxoveli) (plural ცხოველები)

  1. beastly animal

Inflection

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Derived terms

See also

Adjective

ცხოველი • (cxoveli) (comparative უფრო ცხოველი, superlative ყველაზე ცხოველი)

  1. lively, keen, strong, passionate

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ცხოელი (cxoeli)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xow-el-, formed by affixing *с₁xow- with the word-forming suffix *-el-. Words of the same origin include ცხოვრება (cxovreba), ცხოვარი (cxovari), ცხონება (cxoneba), etc.

Noun

ცხოველი • (cxoveli)

  1. animal
  2. beast

Adjective

ცხოველი • (cxoveli)

  1. alive, animate

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: ცხოველი (cxoveli)

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 606
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 276
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 585
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ცხოველი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 522
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ცხოველი”, 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 435
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