ფაკელი
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Old Armenian փակեղ (pʿakeł), the later regular development of փակեղն (pʿakełn), from Byzantine Greek φακεόλεον (phakeóleon).
Noun
ფაკელი • (paḳeli)
- phelonion
- headscarf
Descendants
- Middle Georgian: ფაკელი (paḳeli) (obsolete)
- →⇒ Svan: ლჷფკე̄ლ (ləpḳēl, “well-born lady”, literally “headscarfed”)
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ფაკელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 442a
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ფაკელი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1250a
- Čuxua, Merab (2018), “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 96 of 79–113, erroneously links with Laz ჶორკა (forǩa, “dress”)