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From Middle Georgianჟოლო(žolo), from an unknown source. Not attested in Old Georgian sources. This word does not seem to have any cognates in other Kartvelian languages. Likely related to Middle Armenianժոխ(žox), ժողվենի(žoġveni).
Further compare Mingrelianბჟოლი(bžoli, “mulberry tree”), Lazბჟოლი(bjoli), მჟოლი(mjoli, “mulberry”), Svanბჟოლა(bžola) and dialectal Georgianბჟოლი(bžoli), ბჟოლა(bžola), ჟოლი(žoli, “mulberry”). For these words see Čikobava 1938, Fähnrich, and Čuxua, without the connection to the above-mentioned terms. Note also Old Georgianჟოლა(žola, “sycamore fig”).
Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ჟოლო”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 138
Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ჟოლო”, 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 278
