ჴდალი

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ჴრდალი (qrdali)

Etymology

A Nakh borrowing.[1][2] Compare Proto-Nakh *qadale.

Noun

ჴდალი • (qdali)

  1. mare (female horse)

Descendants

  • Georgian: მხდალი (mxdali, “coward, cowardly”), ჴდალი̆ (qdalĭ) — Tusheti, (Khevsureti) ჴდალი (qdali, “mare”), (Khevsureti, Mtiuleti) ჴრდალი (qrdali), (Khevsureti) ჴლდალი (qldali)

References

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1971) “Кавказские этимологии (1—8) [Caucasian etymologies (1–8)]”, in Этимология‎[1] (in Russian), number 1968, Moscow: Nauka, pages 223–224
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1986) Введение в кавказское языкознание [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 184

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ჴდალი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 566a
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