გუელის-მბრძოლი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From გუელი (gueli, “snake”) +‎ მბრძოლი (mbrʒoli, “warrior; fighter”), literally "snake-fighter". Calque of Old Armenian օձամարտ (ōjamart) or Ancient Greek ὀφιομάχος (ophiomákhos) occurring in the same passage in Leviticus 11:22.

Noun

გუელის-მბრძოლი • (guelis-mbrʒoli)

  1. ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon
    Synonym: იქნამონი (iknamoni)

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “გუელის-მბრძოლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 98
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