მენძელი
Mingrelian
Etymology
Ultimately from Iranian, via Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli). See Persian سپنج (sepanj) for more.
Noun
მენძელი • (menʒeli) (plural მენძელეფი)
- host, hostess
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005), “მენძელი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 846
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “მე-ნძელი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 291b, links with Mingrelian მინჯე (minǯe), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli), Old Armenian ասպնջական (aspnǰakan)
- Kobalia, Alio (2010), “მენძელი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008), “მენძელი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Mingrelian lexical materials] (Ḳolxuri seria), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN