გალენი

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from გალე (gale, out). Akin to Mingrelian გალენი (galeni) and Georgian გარეთა (gareta).

Adjective

გალენი (galeni) (Latin spelling galeni)

  1. 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.
  2. foreign
    Synonyms: ხარკი (xarǩi), ჲაბანჯი (yabanci)
    გალენი კოჩი
    galeni ǩoçi
    Foreign man
  3. (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