კუნძული
Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian კუნძული (ḳunʒuli).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʼund͡zuli/
- Hyphenation: კუნ‧ძუ‧ლი
Noun
კუნძული • (ḳunʒuli) (plural კუნძულები)
- island
Synonyms
- ჭალაკი (č̣alaḳi)
Descendants
- → Bats: კუნძულ (ḳunʒul)
Old Georgian
Etymology 1
The origin is uncertain. Possibly related to Old Armenian կղզի (kłzi). See it for more.
Alternative forms
- კუნძუნი (ḳunʒuni)
Noun
კუნძული • (ḳunʒuli)
- island
Descendants
- Georgian: კუნძული (ḳunʒuli)
- → Bats: კუნძულ (ḳunʒul)
References
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1944) Kartuli da somxuri liṭeraṭuruli urtiertoba IX—X ss-ši : Gamoḳvleva da ṭeksṭebi [Georgian and Armenian literary relations of the ninth and tenth centuries: Study and Texts] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 96
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “კუნძული”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 205b
- Gippert, Jost (2005), “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, pages 149–150
- Gippert, Jost (2017), “Armeno-Albanica II: Exchanging doves”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen et al., editors, Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European; 8), Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, page 179
- Марр, Н. (1908) Основные таблицы к грамматике древнегрузинского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 9
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910), “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 254 of 233–270
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “კუნძული”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 584b
Etymology 2
An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian کنجلک (kunjulak, “wrinkle, fold, plait”), کنجل (kunjul, “anything contracted, shrunk up, or wrinkled; the hand or foot with the fingers or toes contracted; bread which, by accident, has fallen into the embers of the oven”), کنج (kunj, “corner”). Akin to Georgian კუნჭული (ḳunč̣uli, “corner, nook”).
Noun
კუნძული • (ḳunʒuli)
- corner, nook
References
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “კუნძული”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 584b