ალდატი

Georgian

Etymology

An Armenian borrowing. Compare Old Armenian աղտաղտուկ (ałtałtuk, “salt-marsh”), աղտ (ałt, “salt; salt-mine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑldɑtʼi/

Noun

ალდატი • (aldaṭi) (plural ალდატები)

  1. barren and infertile land

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աղտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Čubinov, David (1887), “ალდატი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

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