ორაგული

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Georgian

ორაგული

Etymology

From late Middle Georgian ორაგული (oraguli). According to Shanidze, from არაგვი (aragvi) +‎ -ული (-uli), since in Aragvi River salmons are common. Compare ხრამული (xramuli, fish species living in Khrami River) and გელაქნური (gelaknuri, fish species living in Lake Gelakuni (or Sevan)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oraɡuli/,
  • Hyphenation: ორა‧გუ‧ლი

Noun

ორაგული (oraguli) (plural ორაგულები)

  1. salmon
    ორაგული წყალში გადააგდესოoraguli c̣q̇alši gadaagdeso(proverb) they wanted to drown the salmon in the water

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  • Kankava, Mixail (1965) “ორაგული”, in Kratkij gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [A Concise Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Tbilisi: Ganatleba
  • Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 165, page 129, under -ეულ, note 1
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ორაგული”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 265