ბრწამლი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ბურწუმელა (burc̣umela) Imereti, Lechkhumi, Racha, Chveneburi
  • კურწუმელა (ḳurc̣umela), კურწუმელე (ḳurc̣umele) Imereti
  • ყურწუმელა (q̇urc̣umela) Lechkhumi

Etymology

From Old Georgian ბრწამლი (brc̣amli). Doublet of ბურწუმელა (burc̣umela), კურწუმელა (ḳurc̣umela), კურწუმელე (ḳurc̣umele), and ყურწუმელა (q̇urc̣umela), Zan borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brt͡sʼamli/
  • Hyphenation: ბრწამ‧ლი

Noun

ბრწამლი (brc̣amli) (plural ბრწამლები)

  1. Smilax excelsa

Inflection

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See also

References

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ბრძამლი (brʒamli)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *brc̣aml-. Akin to Mingrelian ბურწუმოლი (burc̣umoli), Laz პურწუმოლი (p̌urǯumoli), პურწუმბოლი (p̌urǯumboli), as well as Abkhaz абырҷман (abərčʼman), апырҷман (apʼərčʼman), абырҷпан (abərčʼpʼan, Smilax excelsa).

Noun

ბრწამლი (brc̣amli)

  1. Smilax excelsa
  2. thorn, spike

Descendants

  • Georgian: ბრწამლი (brc̣amli)

References

  • Gigineišvili, Bakar (1982), “Mr ḳonsonanṭuri ǯgupis suṗeraciisatvis Č̣anuris Atinur ḳiloḳavši [On the resolution of the mr consonant cluster in the Atina dialect of Laz]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), issue 2, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 120
  • Марр, Н. Я. (1915), “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия (in Russian), volume 9, issue 9, page 830
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 20, mistranslates as "small pomegranate"
  • 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 121
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 80

Further reading

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