სქელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian სქელი (skeli), by regressive assimilation from Old Georgian ზრქელი (zrkeli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *zrk-el-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skʰeli/
  • Hyphenation: სქე‧ლი

Adjective

სქელი • (skeli) (comparative უფრო სქელი, superlative ყველაზე სქელი)

  1. rotund, thick

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Mingrelian: სქელი (skeli)
  • Svan: სგელ (sgel), სკელ (sḳel)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “სქელი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Neisser, Friedrich (1953) Studien zur georgischen Wortbildung (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXI, 2) (in German), published by Gerhard Deeters, Wiesbaden: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, page 18

Old Georgian

Adjective

სქელი • (skeli)

  1. Alternative form of ზრქელი (zrkeli)
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