გერი
Georgian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛri/
- Hyphenation: გე‧რი
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- ნგერი (ngeri)
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mgel- (“wolf”). Cognates include Georgian მგელი (mgeli).
Possibly derived from Armenian, but see Old Georgian მგელი (mgeli) for more.
References
- Kipšidze, I. (1910), “გერი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 512b
- Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*mgel-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages
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