კერაკი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from the Iranian source of Old Armenian կրակ (krak).

Noun

კერაკი • (ḳeraḳi)

  1. hearth, fireplace

Descendants

  • Georgian: კერა (ḳera)
    • Laz: კერა (ǩera), ნკერა (nǩera), ნკეჲა (nǩeya), ნკეა (nǩea), ნკიჲა (nǩiya), ნკია (nǩia)Lome
    • Mingrelian: კერა (ḳera)
    • Svan: კერა̈ჲ (ḳeräy)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) “Review of Н. Марр. — Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка. С. П. 1910”, in Ararat[1] (in Armenian), volume 45, number 5, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, § 23, page 417 of 414–420
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 679a
  • Bielmeier, Roland (1985) “Zu iranischen Lehnwörtern im Georgischen und Armenischen”, in H. M. Ölberg, G. Schmidt, editors, Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungen: Festschrift für Johann Knobloch zum 65. Geburtstag (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft; 23) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, page 36
  • Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 180

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კერაკი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 196
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1949) “კერაკნი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[3], compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, page 165a