ფელუკა

Georgian

Etymology

From Italian feluca, ultimately from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka). Akin to Mingrelian ფილუკა (piluḳa), Laz ჶელუკა (feluǩa) and Svan ფილკუ̂ა̈ (pilḳûä), ფილიკუ̂აჲ (piliḳûay).

Note also Abkhaz аԥлика (aplikʼa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰelukʼa/, [pʰeɫukʼa]
  • Hyphenation: ფე‧ლუ‧კა

Noun

ფელუკა • (peluḳa) (plural ფელუკები)

  1. felucca

Inflection

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References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ფელუკა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Bukia, Manana (2013) “Kartvelur-Apxazuri lingvoḳulṭuruli urtiertobis isṭoriidan — VIII. Zɣvastan daḳavširebuli leksiḳoni [From the History of Georgian-Abkhazian Lingvo-Cultural relations — VIII. Vocabulary of terms related to See]”, in Ibero-Caucasian Linguistics (in Georgian), volume 41, Tbilisi, pages 30–41
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