წურბელა

Georgian

წურბელა

Etymology

From Old Georgian წურბელი (c̣urbeli).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼurbela/, [t͡sʼuɾbeɫa]
  • Hyphenation: წურ‧ბე‧ლა

Noun

წურბელა • (c̣urbela) (plural წურბელები)

  1. leech
  2. blood-sucker

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • წურბელაობა (c̣urbelaoba)

Descendants

  • Abkhaz: а-ҵырбел (a-cʼərbel)
  • Avar: цӏрубел (cʼrubel), цӏурубел (cʼurubel), цӏурумели (cʼurumeli) (dialectal)
  • Bezhta: цӏурбела (cʼurbela)
  • Hunzib: цӏурбила (c’urbila)
  • Laz: წურველი (ǯurveli)
  • Mingrelian: წურბელი (c̣urbeli)
  • Svan: წურბელა̈ჲ (c̣urbeläy), წურბელ (c̣urbel)
  • Udi: цӏурбела (c̣urbela) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წურბელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 552
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “წურბელა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Bukia, Manana (2013) “Kartvelur-Apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan — VIII. Zɣvastan daḳavširebuli leksiḳoni [From the History of Georgian-Abkhazian Lingvo-Cultural relations — VIII. Vocabulary of terms related to See]”, in Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics (in Georgian), volume 41, Tbilisi, pages 30–41
  • Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, pages 202-204
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