ძუმელა

Georgian

Etymology

Compare Mingrelian ჯუმენე (ǯumene), Laz ჯუმენი (cumeni, “redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus)”).^[1] Akin to Middle Armenian ծմել (cmel).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zumeɫa]
Hyphenation: ძუ‧მე‧ლა

Noun

ძუმელა • (ʒumela)

(obsolete) cockscomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata)

References

^ Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 897

Further reading

Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ქათმისქოჩორა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1993) “ძუმელა”, in I. Abulaʒe, editor, Leksiḳoni kartuli [Georgian dictionary]‎^[2] (in Georgian), volume II, compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Merani, →ISBN, page 359b, derives the word from Armenian. According to him in Georgian the flower is called წითელა (c̣itela)