ბოლი

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰōlo-, the supposed ancestor of Old Irish bolad, Latvian buls.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boli/, [b̥oli]
  • Hyphenation: ბო‧ლი

Noun

ბოლი • (boli) (uncountable)

  1. smoke

Derived terms
  • ბოლიანი (boliani)
  • ბოლი შეწყდება (boli šec̣q̇deba)
  • ზურგზე ბოლს ადენს (zurgze bols adens)

See also

References
  1. Климов, Г. А. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 172―173
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 162

Further reading
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბოლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბოლი”, 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 51b, glossed as დიდი კუამლი (didi ḳuamli, literally “big smoke”)
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