ძმა

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ძმაჲ (ʒmay), from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁am-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡zma/
  • Hyphenation: ძმა
  • (file)

Noun

ძმა • (ʒma) (plural ძმები)

  1. brother

Inflection

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Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • ძმობილი (ʒmobili)
  • ძმადნაფიცი (ʒmadnapici)
  • საძმო (saʒmo)
  • ძმაკაცი (ʒmaḳaci)
  • საძმაკაცო (saʒmaḳaco)

References

  • Ʒiʒiguri, Šota (1988) Siṭq̇vis cxovreba [The life of the word] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani, pages 10–12
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 288
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 600
  • 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 619
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