წყალი

Georgian

წყალი

Etymology

From Old Georgian წყალი (c̣q̇ali), from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣q̇al-. Cognate with Mingrelian წყუ (c̣q̇u), წყარი (c̣q̇ari) and possibly Svan ლჷლწყე (ləlc̣q̇e, damp) (if not, then the reconstructed protoform belongs in Proto-Georgian-Zan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼqʼali/, [t͡sʼχʼali]
  • Hyphenation: წყა‧ლი
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Noun

წყალი • (c̣q̇ali) (usually uncountable, plural წყლები)

  1. water (clear liquid)

Inflection

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Derived terms

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣q̇al-. (or from Proto-Georgian-Zan [Term?]).

Noun

წყალი • (c̣q̇ali)

  1. water
  2. river

Descendants

  • Georgian: წყალი (c̣q̇ali)

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 657
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 641
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 304
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წყალი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 553
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “წყალი”, 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 454
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