გერი

Georgian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛri/
  • Hyphenation: გე‧რი

Noun

გერი • (geri) (plural გერები)

  1. stepchild, stepson, stepdaughter

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mgel- (“wolf”). Cognates include Georgian მგელი (mgeli).

Possibly derived from Armenian, but see Old Georgian მგელი (mgeli) for more.

Noun

გერი • (geri)

  1. wolf

References
  • Kipšidze, I. (1910), “გერი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 512b
  • Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*mgel-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages
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