ჭორტი

From Old Georgian ჭორტი (č̣orṭi).

ჭორტი • (č̣orṭi)

1. (dated) stone statue
2. (Javakheti) tall smooth stone on roof for pigeons to perch

• დაჭორტვა (dač̣orṭva)
• აჭორტვა (ač̣orṭva)

• ჭორტე (č̣orṭe, “small heap of stones”) (Chveneburebi)

• ქვაკაცა (kvaḳaca)

• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ჭორტი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press

Perhaps akin to Old Ossetic τζηρθε (tzērthe) and its descendants. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ჭორტი • (č̣orṭi)

1. cairn, heap of stones
   • 5th century and later, Bible, Joshua (Gelati Bible) 7.26:

     და აღდგეს მის ზედა ჭორტი ქვისაჲ დიდი მოდღენდელად დღედმდე.

     da aɣdges mis zeda č̣orṭi kvisay didi modɣendelad dɣedmde.

     • Translation by Sardshweladse & Fähnrich

       Sie schichteten darüber einen großen Steinhaufen bis zum heutigen Tag.

In the Bible translation, corresponds to Old Armenian կարկառ (karkaṙ) and Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós).

• Georgian: ჭორტი (č̣orṭi), ჭორტე (č̣orṭe)

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ჭორტი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 558b
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ჭორტი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
• Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ჭორტი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1561b, glossing as Haufen, Hügel