ფურცელი

Georgian

Stack of ფურცელი.

Etymology

From Old Georgian ფურცელი (purceli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *purc₁-el-. Cognate with Mingrelian ფურჩა (purča) and Laz ფურჩა (purča).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰurtsɛli/
  • Hyphenation: ფურ‧ცე‧ლი

Noun

ფურცელი (purceli) (plural ფურცლები)

  1. paper
  2. sheet
  3. leaflet, petal

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ხახვის ფურცელი (xaxvis purceli)

See also


Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *purc₁-el- (foliage, husk). Klimov considers the latter to be derived from *prc₁-wn- (to peel) (whence also ფრცქვნა (prckvna, to peel, clean)).

Noun

ფურცელი (purceli)

  1. leaf (part of a plant)
  2. paper

Descendants

References

  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 445
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 207
  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ფურცელი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 448
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