შირიმი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • შირუმი (širumi)Tusheti

Etymology

Attested in Old Georgian as შირიმი (širimi, grave, tomb). Related to Laz შირიმი (şirimi, sand) and Old Armenian շիրիմ (širim, tomb, tombstone). The nature of the relationship and the ultimate origin are unknown.

Noun

შირიმი • (širimi) (dialectal)

  1. bladder stone, urolith
  2. chalky, crumbly rock

Descendants

  • Bats: შირიმ (širim)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շիրիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 521a, derives from Armenian
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “შირიმი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 249b
  • Marr, N. (1901) Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга III. Ипполит. Толкование Песни песней. Грузинский текст по рукописи X в. [Texts and research in Armenian–Georgian philology. Book III. Hippolytus. Commentary on the Song of Songs. The Georgian text based on a 10th c. manuscript] (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5)‎[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page LXVIIb
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1949) “შირიმი”, 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 417b

Laz

Etymology

Related to Georgian შირიმი (širimi) and Old Armenian շիրիմ (širim). The nature of the relationship and the ultimate origin are unknown.

Noun

შირიმი • (şirimi) (Latin spelling şirimi) (Khopa, Vitse)

  1. sand (sea or river)
    Synonym: კუმი (ǩumi)

Derived terms

  • შირიმეფუნა (şirimepuna)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) “Review of Н. Марр. — Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка. С. П. 1910”, in Ararat[4] (in Armenian), volume 45, number 5, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, § 56, page 419 of 414–420
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շիրիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 521a, derives from Armenian
  • Amse-de Jong, Tine H. (2004) “şirimi”, in Laz–English Dictionary, Freudenstadt: Kaukasus Verlag, →ISBN, page 98b
  • Marr, N. (1910) “შირიმი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 206a