თირკუმელი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Laz დირკუ (dirǩu).

Noun

თირკუმელი (tirḳumeli)

  1. kidney

Descendants

  • Georgian: თირკმელი (tirḳmeli)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თირკუმელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 181b
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “თირკუმელი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 523a
  • Vogt, Hans (1938) “Arménien et Caucasique du Sud”, in Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap (in French), volume 9, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 332 of 321–338, derives from the Proto-Armenian source of Old Armenian երիկամն (erikamn)
  • Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 150, same as above
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 73-74