სეჶალი

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صفالو (safalı, sefalı).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈfɑli/
  • Hyphenation: სე‧ჶა‧ლი

Adjective

სეჶალი (sefali) (Latin spelling sefali)

  1. (dialectal, Arkabi) cute, nice, pretty
    ჩიჩქუბერეფექ ოფოხუზ გჲოჩკამტაში დიდო სეჶალი ივენ
    çiçkuberepek opoxuz gyoçǩamťaşi dido sefali iven
    Little kids are so cute when they start to crawl
  2. (dialectal, Batumi) bizarre, odd, weird, strange
    Synonyms: ტუაჶი (ťuafi), უცხუ (uʒxu), გარიბი (garibi)
    მუ სეჶალი ბერე რენ! ქუჲი სთეი ჲერეფეს დოლოჯანს.
    mu sefali bere ren! kuyi stei yerepes dolocans.
    What a strange boy! He lies in places like wells

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “sefali”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)