მოგჳ

Old Georgian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Iranian — compare Middle Persian 𐭬𐭢𐭥‎ (mgw) — either directly or via Old Armenian մոգ (mog), genitive մոգու (mogu).[1][2]

Noun

მოგჳ • (mogwi) (genitive მოგჳსა, dative მოგუ̂სა)

  1. Zoroastrian
  2. magician, astrologer
Derived terms
  • მოგობაჲ (mogobay), მოგუ̂ობაჲ (mogûobay)
Descendants
  • Georgian: მოგვი (mogvi)

References
  1. Marr, N. Ja. (1903) Grammatika drevnearmjanskago jazyka. Etimologija [Grammar of the Old Armenian language. Etymology]‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 47
  2. Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 341–342

Etymology 2

Together with Old Armenian մոյկ (moyk), մոյգ (moyg) borrowed from Middle Iranian — compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mwk' /mōg/, “shoe”) — ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hmáwčati.[1][2][3][4]

Noun

მოგჳ • (mogwi)

  1. boot

Descendants
  • → Abkhaz: а-ма́гә (a-mágʷ)
    • → Mingrelian: მაგუ (magu)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մոյկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 344a
  2. Bailey, H. W. (1954), “Analecta Indoscythica II”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, issue 1/2, page 34 of 26–34
  3. Bailey, H. W. (1960), “Arya II”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎, volume 23, issue 1, page 30 of 13–39
  4. Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 256–257

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “მოგუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 261a
  • Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “მოგუ-ი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 738a–739b
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 151, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *megw- with unexplainable vocalism in Georgian
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