ჯიპოსი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γύψ (gúps), genitive γῡπός (gūpós). Apparently, borrowed via some intermediary as the expected form would be *გჳპოსი (*gwiṗosi).

Noun

ჯიპოსი • (ǯiṗosi)

  1. vulture
    Synonyms: სოვი (sovi), ზარნასოვი (zarnasovi)

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჯიპოსი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 574b
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ჯიპოსი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1596b
  • Noble, Samuel (2019) “Was the Earliest Georgian Version of Basil’s Hexaemeron Based on an Arabic Vorlage?”, in Georgian Manuscript, Tbilisi, pages 32–37
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