ცრუჲ
Old Georgian
Alternative forms
- ცრუვი (cruvi)
Etymology
According to Andronikashvili, an Iranian borrowing from the family of Old Armenian զուր (zur), the ცრ- (cr-) having developed from earlier *ძრ- (*ʒr-). The connection with the Armenian was suggested already by Marr. See also Old Georgian ძჳრი (ʒwiri).
Noun
ცრუჲ • (cruy)
- lie, falsehood
Adjective
ცრუჲ • (cruy)
- lying, mendacious
Derived terms
- ცრუდ (crud)
- ცრუვებაჲ (cruvebay)
Descendants
- Georgian: ცრუ (cru)
References
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946), “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul–ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 391 of 385–391
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 67, 89, 188, 214, 403–404
- Marr, N. (1926), “Две новых работы С. С. Uhlenbeck’a по баскскому языку [Two new studies by С. С. Uhlenbeck on Basque]”, in Язык и литература (in Russian), volume I, issue 1–2, Leningrad: Научно-исследовательский институт сравнительного изучения литератур и языков Запада и Востока, page 272 of 261–278
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ცრუჲ / ცრუვი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1459a