სოროჲ

სოროჲ

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սոր (sor), stem սորո- (soro-).[1][2][3]

Noun

სოროჲ • (soroy)

1. hole (as an animal dwelling)
   • 5th century and later, Bible, Jeremiah 48.28:

     დაუტევნეს ქალაქნი, და დაეშჱნნეს კლდესა ზედა მკჳდრნი მოაბისანი, იქმნეს იგინი ვითარცა ტრედნი მბუდებელნი კლდესა შინა პირსა სოროთასა.

     dauṭevnes kalakni, da daešēnnes ḳldesa zeda mḳwidrni moabisani, ikmnes igini vitarca ṭredni mbudebelni ḳldesa šina ṗirsa sorotasa.

     O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

Usage notes

In Jeremiah, corresponds to Old Armenian սոր (sor) and Ancient Greek βόθυνος (bóthunos).

Descendants

• Georgian: სორო (soro)
  • → Armenian: սորո (soro) – Tbilisi

References

1. Kluge, Theodor (1914), “Die Indo-Germanischen Lehnwörter im Georgischen (Suite)”, in Revue de linguistique et de philologie comparée‎ (in German), volume 47, Paris, page 33
2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 590
3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page pa

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “სორო”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 400b
• Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “სოროჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1108b