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Mingrelian
Etymology
Ultimately from Iranian, via Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli). See Persian سپنج (sepanj) for more.
Noun
მენძელი • (menʒeli) (plural მენძელეფი)
- host, hostess
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მენძელი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 846
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მე-ნძელი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 291b, links with Mingrelian მინჯე (minǯe), Old Georgian მასპინძელი (masṗinʒeli), Old Armenian ասպնջական (aspnǰakan)
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მენძელი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “მენძელი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN