ფირტჳ

ფირტჳ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ფირტუ (pirṭu)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pirṭw-.

Noun

ფირტჳ • (pirṭwi)

1. lung

Descendants

• Georgian: ფილტვი (pilṭvi), ფირტვი (pirṭvi)
  • → Bezhta: пиртӏи (pirtʼi), пийтӏи (pijtʼi)[1][2]
  • → Hunzib: пыртӏи (pɨrt’i), пийтӏи (piyt’i)[1][2]
  • → Lak: пиртӏ (pirtʼ) (dialectal)
  • → Udi: пыртӏ (pərṭ) (dialectal)

References

1. Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 83
2. Халилов, М. Ш. (2004) Грузинско-дагестанские языковые контакты [Georgian–Daghestanian linguistic contacts] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 229

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ფირტჳ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 445