საფეთქელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian საფეთქელი (sapetkeli), from Proto-Kartvelian *petk-, *ptk. Cognates include Laz ოფათქალუ (opatkalu). The meaning alludes to the pulsation, i.e. ფეთქვა (petkva), of the blood vessel at the temple.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sapʰetʰkʰeli/
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ფეთ‧ქე‧ლი

Noun

საფეთქელი • (sapetkeli) (plural საფეთქლები)

  1. (anatomy) temple

Inflection

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  • აფეთქება (apetkeba)
  • ასაფეთქებელი (asapetkebeli)
  • ფეთქავს (petkavs)
  • ფეთქვა (petkva)

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *petk-, *ptk-.

Noun

საფეთქელი • (sapetkeli)

  1. (anatomy) temple

Descendants

  • Georgian: საფეთქელი (sapetkeli)

References

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 462
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 199
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 432
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “საფეთქელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 374
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