ხმელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ჴმელი (qmeli, dry, withered; (dry) land), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qm-el- (dry; dry land), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qem- ~ *qm- (to dry, to wither). Cognate with Mingrelian ხომილა (xomila), ხომლა (xomla) and Laz ხომულა (xomula). Old Armenian խամրիմ (xamrim, to wither) is considered a Kartvelian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xmeli/, [χmeli]
  • Hyphenation: ხმე‧ლი

Adjective

ხმელი • (xmeli) (comparative უფრო ხმელი, superlative ყველაზე ხმელი)

  1. dry, arid
  2. dried (food, plants, wood, etc.)
  3. withered
  4. (colloquial) feeble, thin
  5. (dated, poetic) land

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ხმელი ზამთარი (xmeli zamtari)
  • ხმელი თევზი (xmeli tevzi)
  • ხმელი ხილი (xmeli xili)
  • ხმელეთი (xmeleti)

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ხმელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 569
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 339
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