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Laz
- გალენ (galen) — alternative spelling
Etymology
Derived from გალე (gale, “out”). Akin to Mingrelian გალენი (galeni) and Georgian გარეთა (gareta).
Adjective
გალენი • (galeni) (Latin spelling galeni)
- outside
ჰამსერი კაი თუთასთე რენ. გალენი ქვაფე იკოროცხენ.- hamseri ǩai tutaste ren. galeni kvape iǩoroʒxen.
- There is good moonlight tonight. The stones outside can be counted.
- foreign
- Synonyms: ხარკი (xarǩi), ჲაბანჯი (yabanci)
გალენი კოჩი- galeni ǩoçi
- Foreign man
- (in folk beliefs) related to genie or fairy
Further reading
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 781
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “galeni/galen”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “გალენი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi