მშჳლდი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mšwil-.

Noun

მშჳლდი (mšwildi)

  1. bow (weapon)
  2. rainbow

Usage notes

In Psalms 10:2, corresponds to Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: მშვილდი (mšvildi)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მშჳლდი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 305b
  • Molitor, Joseph (1952) Altgeorgisches Glossar zu ausgewählten Bibeltexten (Monumenta biblica et ecclesiastica; 6), Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, page 131
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “მშჳლდი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 859a