ჯურღმული
Georgian
Etymology
Partial calque of Old Armenian ջրհոր (ǰrhor), retaining its first part ջուր (ǰur, “water”) and replacing հոր (hor, “pit, hole”) by Georgian ღმული (ɣmuli, “deep”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒurɣmuli/
Noun
ჯურღმული • (ǯurɣmuli) (plural ჯურღმულები)
- well (hole sunk into the ground as a source of water)
- precipice, abyss
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ջուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Čubinov, David (1840), “ჯურღმული”, in Gruzinsko-russko-francuzskij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences