ფაკელი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փակեղ (pʻakeł), the later regular development of փակեղն (pʻakełn), from Byzantine Greek φακεόλεον (phakeóleon).

Noun

ფაკელი • (paḳeli)

  1. phelonion
  2. headscarf

Descendants

  • Middle Georgian: ფაკელი (paḳeli) (obsolete)
  • →⇒ Svan: ლჷფკე̄ლ (ləpḳēl, “well-born lady”, literally “headscarfed”)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ფაკელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 442a
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ფაკელი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1250a
  • Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 96 of 79–113, erroneously links with Laz ჶორკა (forǩa, “dress”)
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