სასახლე

Georgian

Etymology

First attested at least in XV century.

From სრა-სახლი (sra-saxli), a compound of სრა (sra) and სახლი (saxli). The letter რ (r) has been dropped and initial სა (sa) was thought to be the first part of the Georgian circumfix სა- -ე (sa- -e), whence the final -ე (-e).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sasaxle/
Hyphenation: სა‧სახ‧ლე

Noun

სასახლე • (sasaxle) (plural სასახლეები)

castle

References

Ʒiʒiguri, Šota (1988) Siṭq̇vis cxovreba [The life of the word]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani, page 13

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