kltk'

kltk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From kart, *kert- (“cut”). Related to Persian کرد‎ (kard), کرت‎ (kart, “plot of land, estate”), کرته‎ (karte), کال‎ (kâl), کاله‎ (kâle),[1][2] and Central Iranian (Abyaneh) kalā.[3] See also Old Armenian քարտակատեմ (kʿartakatem).

Noun

kltk' • (kardag)

1. division, section, portion

Descendants

• → Georgian: კარდაგი (ḳardagi, “estate, allotment”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “¹kardag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 49

1. Thea Chkeidze (December 15, 2001), "GEORGIA v. LINGUISTIC CONTACTS WITH IRANIAN LANGUAGES", in Encyclopaedia Iranica
2. Dehkhoda Dictionary; Moein Dictionary
3. Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 220