Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/bandɣal-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*bandɣal- or *bardɣal-

thick hair

Descendants

Georgian: (Mtiuleti) ბანდღლი (bandɣli), (Pshavi, Tusheti, Fereydan) ბარდღლი (bardɣli), ⇒ (Kartli) ბარდღალა (bardɣala)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ბოდღორი (bodɣori), ბონდღორი (bondɣori), ბორდღოლი (bordɣoli), ⇒ ბურდღულია (burdɣulia)

Related terms

*banʒ-
*banǯwal-

References

Abašia, Revaz (2014), “Sibilanṭur ponemata sisṭema kartvelur da daɣesṭnur enebši”, in Ḳavḳasiologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), issue 7, Tbilisi, page 49 of 40–67
Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2016), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - III [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - III]”, in Arnold čikobavas saxelobis enatmecnierebis insṭiṭuṭis samecniero sesia (in Georgian), issue 75, Tbilisi, page 32 of 30–39