თალგამი

Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Middle Persian. See Persian شلغم (šalğam). Doublet of შალღამი (šalɣami). For the initial consonant compare Arabic ثَلْجَم (ṯaljam), Persian ثلجم (saljam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰalɡami/
  • Hyphenation: თალ‧გა‧მი

Noun

თალგამი • (talgami) (plural თალგამები)

  1. Brassica rapa, turnip
    Synonym: შალღამი (šalɣami) — Javakheti, Meskheti, Chveneburi

Inflection

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Descendants

  • → Andi: талган (talgan)
  • → Avar: талган (talgan)
  • → Chamalal: таргам (targam), тарган (targan)
  • → Karata: талган
  • → Laz: თარგამი (targami)
  • → Mingrelian: თალგამი (talgami)
  • → Ossetian: талгами (talgami) — South Ossetia
  • → Tindi: таргам

Further reading

  • Eristavi, Rapiel (1884) Краткий грузино-русско-латинский словарь, из трех естественных царств природы [Concise Georgian–Russian–Latin dictionary, from the three natural kingdoms]‎, Тифлис: тип. Канцелярии главноначальствующего гражд. частью на Кавказе, § 309, page 20
  • Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée‎ (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 251 of 233–270
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