kltk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From kart, *kert- (“cut”). Related to Persian کرد (kard), کرت (kart, “plot of land, estate”), کرته (karte), کال (kâl), کاله (kâle),[1][2] and Central Iranian (Abyaneh) kalā.[3] See also Old Armenian քարտակատեմ (kʻartakatem).

Compare 𐭪𐭫𐭲 klt /-kirt, -gird/.

Noun

kltk' • (kardag)

  1. division, section, portion

Descendants
  • → Georgian: კარდაგი (ḳardagi, “estate, allotment”)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “¹kardag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 49
  1. Chkeidze, Thea (2001) “Georgia V. Linguistic contacts with Iranian languages”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎, volume 10, New York, page 488b of 486–490
  2. Dehkhoda Dictionary; Moein Dictionary
  3. Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 220
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