ქალი

Georgian

ქალი

Etymology

From Old Georgian ქალი (kali), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *kal-. Cognates include Laz ქალე (kale, girl, miss).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɑli/
  • Hyphenation: ქა‧ლი

Noun

ქალი (kali) (plural ქალები)

  1. woman
    ლამაზი ქალი
    lamazi kali
    A beautiful woman

Inflection

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *kal-.[1]

Noun

ქალი (kali)

  1. woman
  2. wife

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References

  • orbeliani, sulxan-saba (1685–1716), iordanišvili s., editor, siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 366
  1. Starostin, S. A. (2005), *kal-”, 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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