ასი

From Old Georgian ასი (asi), from Proto-Kartvelian *as₁-. Cognate with Mingrelian ოში (oši), Laz ოში (oši) and Svan აშირ (ašir).

• IPA^(key): /ɑsi/
• Hyphenation: ა‧სი

ასი • (asi)

1. hundred

• ასობითი სისტემა (asobiti sisṭema)
• ასი წელი (asi c̣eli)

According to Fähnrich and Klimov (1985), from Proto-Kartvelian *as₁-. However, Klimov reconstructs Common-Kartvelian *as₁ir- (“hundred”) in his later works and adds that it might be borrowed from a Semitic source.

ასი • (asi)

1. hundred

• Georgian: ასი (asi)

• penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 87
• Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 4
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 41
• abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “ასი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 10