ფაკეოლი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φακιόλιον (phakiólion), from Medieval Latin faciale.

Noun

ფაკეოლი • (paḳeoli)

face towel, handkerchief
- second half of the 11th century, beginning of the 12th century, Anastasius Sinaita, Oratio in Sextum Psalmum, translated by Teopile Xucesmonazoni:
  ნამდჳლვე ფაკეოლი ესე სუელი ცრემლთა მისთაჲ არს
  namdwilve paḳeoli ese sueli cremlta mistay ars
  This face towel is really wet from her tears

Usage notes

Translates φακιόλιον (phakiólion) in Anastasius Sinaita.

Further reading

φακιόλιν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts , Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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, erroneously joins with ფაკელი (paḳeli)

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