კუესი

კუესი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳwes- (“to strike fire”).

Noun

კუესი • (ḳuesi)

1. firestriker

Descendants

• Georgian: კვესი (ḳvesi)

See also

• საღრტილი (saɣrṭili)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “კუესი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 205a, glosses as რკინა (rḳina, “iron”)
• Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “კუესი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 563a, glosses as Zündstahl (“firestriker”)