ლაპარაკი

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ლაპარაკი (laṗaraḳi), borrowed from Old Armenian հրապարակ (hraparak, public place, public square; assembly, the public).[1][2][3][4] Doublet of ურაკპარაკი (uraḳṗaraḳi). For the sense development compare Old Armenian հրապարակախօսեմ (hraparakaxōsem, to recite in public). All these forms ultimately derive from Northwestern Iranian *fra-pāδaka-, likely composed of roots from Proto-Iranian *fra- (toward, forward) and *pā́dah (foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lapʼarakʼi/, [ɫapʼaɾakʼi]
  • Hyphenation: ლა‧პა‧რა‧კი

Noun

ლაპარაკი • (laṗaraḳi) (uncountable)

  1. speech, talk

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ლაპარაკობს (laṗaraḳobs)
  • სალაპარაკო (salaṗaraḳo)
  • ბრტყელ-ბრტყელი ლაპარაკი (brṭq̇el-brṭq̇eli laṗaraḳi)
  • ლაპარაკს ჩამოაგდებს (laṗaraḳs čamoagdebs)
  • ლაპარაკი ჩამოვარდება (laṗaraḳi čamovardeba)
  • ლაპარაკს გააბამს (laṗaraḳs gaabams)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հրապարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 133a. A personal communication by Abuladze to Ačaṙyan.
  2. Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 9
  3. Deeters, Gerhard (1963) “Die kaukasischen Sprachen”, in Armenisch und kaukasische Sprachen (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 7) (in German), mit Beiträgen von G. Deeters, G. R. Solta, Vahan Inglisian, Leiden, Köln: E. J. Brill, page 35
  4. Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 482
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