ძივთი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձիւթ (jiwtʻ) or directly from its Semitic source.

Noun

ძივთი • (ʒivti)

  1. pitch, tar
    Coordinate term: ფისი (pisi)

Descendants
  • Georgian: (Guria) ძინთი (ʒinti), (Chveneburi, Javakheti) ძივთი (ʒivti), ზივთი (zivti)

Further reading
  • Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2001) “ძივთი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Old Georgian] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 255b
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ძივთი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 171b
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