ამეთჳსტონი

ამეთჳსტონი

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ამეთჳსტოჲ (ametwisṭoy), ამეთჳსოჲ (ametwisoy), ამეთისოჲ (ametisoy)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).

Noun

ამეთჳსტონი • (ametwisṭoni)

1. amethyst

Descendants

• → Georgian: ამეთვისტო (ametvisṭo) (learned)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ამეთჳსტონი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 5
• Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ამეთჳსტონი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 17a