ვარჩხილი

ვარჩხილი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *werc₁xl-.[1][2][3] Cognate with Georgian ვერცხლი (vercxli).

Noun

ვარჩხილი • (varčxili)

1. (uncountable) silver

Descendants

• → Svan: უ̂არჩხილ (ûarčxil, “silver; coin”)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ვარჩხილი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 544

References

1. Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 200
2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 52
3. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 160