ატამი

Georgian

ატამი

Etymology

From Old Georgian ატამი (aṭami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atʼami/
  • Hyphenation: ა‧ტა‧მი

Noun

ატამი • (aṭami) (plural ატმები)

  1. peach (fruit)
  2. peach tree

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: ատամ (atam) — Artvin
  • → Avar: гӏатӏам (ʻatʼam)
  • → Bats: ატამ (aṭam)
  • → Bezhta: атӏами (atʼami)
  • → Hunzib: гӏатӏами (a̯at’ami)
  • → Ossetian: атъами (at’ami), алтъами (alt’ami)

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ატამი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ატამი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ატამი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 34

Old Georgian

Etymology

An Abkhaz-Abaza borrowing, compare Abkhaz а-тама (a-tʼama), Abaza тама (tama), ultimately from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *atʼǝmˤa (“peach, apricot”).[1][2][3][4][5] Akin to Mingrelian ატამა (aṭama), Laz ატამბა (aťamba), ანტამა (anťama), Svan ატამა (aṭama).

Noun

ატამი • (aṭami)

  1. peach (Prunus persica)

Descendants

  • Georgian: ატამი (aṭami)
    • → Armenian: ատամ (atam) — Artvin
    • → Avar: гӏатӏам (ʻatʼam)
    • → Bats: ატამ (aṭam)
    • → Bezhta: атӏами (atʼami)
    • → Hunzib: гӏатӏами (a̯at’ami)
    • → Ossetian: атъами (at’ami), алтъами (alt’ami)

References

  1. Чирикба, В. (1998) “К вопросу об абхазских заимствованиях в мегрельском языке [On Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian]”, in Вопросы языкознания‎, number 4, page 134 of 128–142
  2. Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, pages 51–53
  3. Климов, Г. А. (1986) Введение в кавказское языкознание [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
  4. Klimov, G. A. (1994) Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics]‎ (in German), German adaptation by Jost Gippert, Hamburg: Buske Helmut, page 279
  5. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*ṭŭmhV ( ~ *ṭwĭ-,-ħ-)”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 82
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ატამი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 11
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ატამი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ატამი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 34
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