ატამი

Georgian

ატამი

Etymology

From Old Georgian ატამი (aṭami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atʼami/
  • Hyphenation: ა‧ტა‧მი

Noun

ატამი • (aṭami) (plural ატმები)

  1. peach (fruit)
  2. peach tree

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ատամ (atam) Artvin
  • Avar: гӏатӏам (ʻatʼam)
  • Bats: ატამ (aṭam)
  • Bezhta: атӏами (atʼami)
  • Hunzib: гӏатӏами (a̯at’ami)
  • Ossetian: атъами (at’ami), алтъами (alt’ami)

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ატამი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ატამი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ატამი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 34

Old Georgian

Etymology

An Abkhaz-Abaza borrowing, compare Abkhaz а-тама (a-tʼama), Abaza тама (tama), ultimately from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *atʼǝmˤa (peach, apricot).[1][2][3][4][5] Akin to Mingrelian ატამა (aṭama), Laz ატამბა (aťamba), ანტამა (anťama), Svan ატამა (aṭama).

Noun

ატამი • (aṭami)

  1. peach (Prunus persica)

Descendants

  • Georgian: ატამი (aṭami)
    • Armenian: ատամ (atam) Artvin
    • Avar: гӏатӏам (ʻatʼam)
    • Bats: ატამ (aṭam)
    • Bezhta: атӏами (atʼami)
    • Hunzib: гӏатӏами (a̯at’ami)
    • Ossetian: атъами (at’ami), алтъами (alt’ami)

References

  1. Чирикба, В. (1998) “К вопросу об абхазских заимствованиях в мегрельском языке [On Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian]”, in Вопросы языкознания, number 4, page 134 of 128–142
  2. Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 10, number 1, pages 51–53
  3. Климов, Г. А. (1986) Введение в кавказское языкознание [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
  4. Klimov, G. A. (1994) Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics] (in German), German adaptation by Jost Gippert, Hamburg: Buske Helmut, page 279
  5. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ṭŭmhV ( ~ *ṭwĭ-,-ħ-)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 82
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ატამი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 11
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ატამი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ატამი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 34
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