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Old Georgian
Etymology
Probably from Byzantine Greek κουτάλα (koutála, “ladle, large spoon”), κουτάλιν (koutálin, “spoon”), whence Greek κουτάλι (koutáli). See the latter for more.
Noun
კუტალი • (ḳuṭali)
- vessel, drinking vessel
Descendants
References
- Čubinov, David (1840) “კუტალი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 256a
- Čubinov, David (1887) “კუტალი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 637
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კუტალი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 206
- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “კუტალაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 586a
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տարգալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 385a, derives from a dialectal form of Armenian գդալ (gdal)
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 131–132, tries to fancifully reconstruct Proto-Kartvelian *ḳuṭ- on the basis of Svan კუტა̈ლ (ḳuṭäl), Georgian კუტოჲ (ḳuṭoy), and Mingrelian კოტო (ḳoṭo), oblivious to the word's existence in Old Georgian
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 260, accepts Chukhua's etymology
- Marr, N. (1907) “Деяния трех святых близнецов мучеников Спевсипа, Еласипа и Меласипа”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества (in Russian), volume 17 (1906), page 293 of 285–344, derives from a dialectal form of Armenian գդալ (gdal)