სალი

Georgian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sali/
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ლი

Etymology 1

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *sal-, cognate with Mingrelian სოლი (soli).[1][2]

Adjective
Adjectival declension of სალი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental სალი (sali)
ergative სალმა (salma)
dative, adverbial სალ (sal)
vocative სალო (salo)

სალი • (sali) (comparative უფრო სალი, superlative ყველაზე სალი)

  1. steep
  2. (figuratively) solid, strong, unyielding
  3. solid
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → Mingrelian: ლასარი (lasari)

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 162
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 359

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 155–156, derives from Old Armenian սալ (sal, “anvil”).

Proper noun

სალი • (sali)

  1. a female given name, short for სალომე (salome)
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