ადლი
Georgian
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic عَدْل (ʕadl, “justice; right measure; in numismatics (coin) of just weight; of equal value”).[1][2] The sense development is comparable to the one that happened in the hapax Middle Armenian ատիլ (atil, “a unit of weight”) from the same source,[3] if it is not a misspelling for աւղիւ (awłiw).[2]
Noun
ადლი • (adli)
- (historical) a unit of length equal to about 101,15 cm, later displaced by არშინი (aršini)
Descendants
- → Bats: ადლ (adl)
References
- ^ Čubinov, David (1840) “ადლი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 5b
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pērpērean, Hayk (1958) “Haykakankʻ [Armeniaca]”, in Handes Amsorya[1] (in Armenian), volume 72, numbers 1–4, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, columns 114–115
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ատիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 288ab, derives from Arabic عَادِل (ʕādil)
Further reading
- ადლი on the Georgian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ka
- Güldenstädt, Johann Anton (1787) P. S. Pallas, editor, Reisen durch Rußland und im Caucasischen Gebürge (in German), volume I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, pages 359, 393
- Ǯavaxišvili, Ivane (1925) Kartuli sapas-sazomtamcodneoba anu numizmaṭiḳa-meṭrologia [Georgian numismatics and metrology] (Isṭoriis mizani, c̣q̇aroebi da metodebi c̣inat da exla; III.1)[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Čveni mecniereba, pages 134–135