ტეგანი
Georgian
Alternative forms
- ტაგანი (ṭagani), ტაგანა (ṭagana) – dialectal
Etymology
From Old Georgian ტეგანი (ṭegani).
Noun
ტეგანი • (ṭegani) (plural ტეგანები)
- common rue, Ruta graveolens
- Synonyms: ჭინტურია (č̣inṭuria), მარიამსაკმელა (mariamsaḳmela), სადაფა (sadapa)
Further reading
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ტეგანი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
Old Georgian
Etymology
Perhaps from Ancient Greek πήγανον (pḗganon) with an unexplained ტ- (ṭ-).[1][2] In any case, related to it.
Noun
ტეგანი • (ṭegani)
- rue, Ruta
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014), “ტეგანი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 697b
References
- Deeters, Gerhard (1937), “Graeco-Georgica”, in Mélanges Émile Boisacq, Annuaire de l'institut de philologie et d'histoire orientales et slaves (in German), volume 5, Brussels: Université Libre de Bruxelles, page 272, footnote 1
- Deeters, Gerhard (1963), “Die kaukasischen Sprachen”, in Armenisch und kaukasische Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 7) (in German), mit Beiträgen von G. Deeters, G. R. Solta, Vahan Inglisian, Leiden, Köln: E. J. Brill, page 35