ნჯილო

ნჯილო

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჯილო (ǯilo)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جلیل‎‎ (celil), from Arabic جليل‎ (jalīl, “great, strong”).[1]

Noun

ნჯილო • (nǯilo) (plural ნჯილოეფი)

1. (figuratively) lion

Adjective

ნჯილო • (nǯilo)

1. powerful, huge, enormous, thick

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ნჯილო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1078
• Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ნჯილო”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

References

1. Кипшидзе, И. (1914), “ნჯილო”, 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 413b