სიმინდი

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • სმინდ (smind) Ingilo

Etymology

Related to Old Georgian სიმინდოჲ / სამინდოჲ / სიმინდი (simindoy / samindoy / simindi, fine flour), Old Armenian սիմինդր (simindr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simindi/
  • Hyphenation: სი‧მინ‧დი

Noun

სიმინდი • (simindi) (usually uncountable, plural სიმინდები)

  1. corn, maize

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Bats: სიმინდ (simind)
  • Svan: სიმინდ (simind)
  • Mingrelian: სიმინდი (simindi)
  • Hinukh: симинди (simindi)

References

  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “სიმინდი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սիմինդր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 214
  • Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 538
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