კე̄შ

Svan

Alternative forms

  • კეშ (ḳeš)

Etymology

Borrowed dialectal Georgian კეში (ḳeši).[1]

Noun

კე̄შ • (ḳēš) (plural კე̄შა̈რ)

  1. sheepskin, pelt
  2. cape, cloak, coat

Derived terms

  • კე̄შილდ (ḳēšild, diminutive form), კე̄შჷლდ (ḳēšəld)
  • ლეკე̄შჷ̄რი (leḳēšə̄ri, animal skin for coats)

References

  1. ^ Saɣliani, Medea (2023) Važa Šengelia, Naṭo Šavrešiani, editors, Nasesxeb siṭq̇vata leksiḳoni svanurši [The Dictionary of Borrowed Words in the Svan Language], Tbilisi: Universali, page 104

Further reading

  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “კეეშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 159b
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “კე̄შ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 756
  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 124
  • Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 372