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სახელი

სახელი

Georgian

Noun

სახელი (saxeli) (plural სახელები)

  1. name
  2. glory, fame
  3. (grammar) noun, a substantive or adjective

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Old Georgian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ax-e- (name), derived from the verb stem *ʒ₁ax-, *ʒ₁x- (to call, be called). The phonetic shape of this Proto-Kartvelian stem does not leave any doubt of its native Kartvelian origin.

Noun

სახელი (saxeli)

  1. name
  2. glory, fame
  3. (feudalism) rank, title
Descendants

Etymology 2

Of the same origin as სახლი (saxli)

Noun

სახელი (saxeli)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of სახლი (saxli)
Usage notes
  • This form might be a scribal error found in some of the historical documents.

References

  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 622
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 602
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 283
  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), სახელი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 383