თალა̄ფა

Svan

Alternative forms
  • თანაფა (tanapa), თალაფა (talapa)

Etymology

Compared to Ossetian тӕфалӕ (tæfalæ), тъӕфалӕ (t’æfalæ, “eyelid”).[1][2][3]

Noun

თალა̄ფა • (talāpa) (plural თალაფა̈̄ლ)

  1. eyelash

References
  1. Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 299
  2. Климов, Г. А. (1963) “О лексике осетинского происхождения в сванском языке [About the vocabulary of Ossetian origin in Svan]”, in Этимология‎ (in Russian), number 1963, Moscow, page 183 of 180–186
  3. Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 95, mistranslate the Ossetian term as eyelash

Further reading
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “თალა̄ფა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 108b
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “წამწამი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 238b
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “თალა̄ფა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 549
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.