ბოლი

ბოლი

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰōlo-, the supposed ancestor of Old Irish bolad, Latvian buls.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boli/
• Hyphenation: ბო‧ლი

Noun

ბოლი • (boli) (uncountable)

1. smoke

Derived terms

• ბოლიანი (boliani)
• ბოლი შეწყდება (boli šec̣q̇deba)
• ზურგზე ბოლს ადენს (zurgze bols adens)

See also

• კვამლი (ḳvamli)

References

1. Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 172―173
2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 162

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბოლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), “ბოლი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 51b, glossed as დიდი კუამლი (didi ḳuamli, literally “big smoke”)