პილენძი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṗilenʒ₁- (“copper”)[1][2]. Further origin is uncertain. Klimov derives from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plēnd- (“to shine”) and lists Mingrelian ლინჯი (linǯi), Old Armenian պղինձ (płinj) and Arabic *piliz (“metal”) as cognates[1], but this is rejected by Starostin, who derives the lexeme from a Semitic source[2].

According to Ačaṙean from Old Armenian պղինձ (płinj, “copper”)[3], but this is denied by Klimov, stressing phonetic agreement between the cognates[1].

According to Nicholas Marr and Ivane Javakhishvili from earlier *სპირენძ (*sṗirenʒ), meaning “an ore of სპერი (sṗeri)” (modern İspir)[4].

Svan სპილენძ (sṗilenʒ) (and its forms) is a later Georgian-Zan acquisition[1].

Noun

პილენძი • (ṗilenʒi)

  1. copper

Descendants

References
  1. Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 150
  2. Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*ṗilenʒ-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages
  3. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պղինձ”, 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, page 89b
  4. Dzidziguri, Shota (1988). "Life of the Word", Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Publishing, p. 166
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