амыркылд

Georgian

Alternative forms
  • а-маркылд (a-marḳəld)

Etymology

From Georgian მარგალიტი (margaliṭi) or Mingrelian მარგალიტი (margaliṭi).[1]

Noun

а-мыркылд • (a-mərḳəld)

  1. mother-of-pearl
    Synonym: амыркылдышь (amərḳəldəš̍)

References
  1. Шагиров, А. К. (1989), В. И. Абаев, editor, Заимствованная лексика абхазо-адыгских языков [Borrowed vocabulary of Abkhazo-Adyghean languages]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 152

Further reading
  • Genko, A. N. (1998), “амыркылд”, in Abxazsko-russkij slovarʹ [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary], Sukhum: Alashara, page 178a
  • Ḳaslandzia, V. A. (2005), “амыркылд”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary] (in Abkhaz / Russian), volume 1: А–Н, Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 709a of 713
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