მკუდარი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwed-, *ḳwd-. Compare სიკვდილი (siḳvdili, “death”) and კვდება (ḳvdeba) (and its verbal noun კვდომა (ḳvdoma)) from the same source.

Adjective

მკუდარი • (mḳudari)

dead

Noun

მკუდარი • (mḳudari)

corpse

Descendants

Georgian: მკვდარი (mḳvdari)

References

abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “მკუდარი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 256
Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 91

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