ხელი
Georgian
Picture dictionary
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [χeli]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ხე‧ლი
Etymology 1
From Old Georgian ჴელი (qeli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qe(l)-.
Noun
ხელი • (xeli) (plural ხელები)
- (anatomy) hand
- handwriting
- handle (of a mug, basket...)
- (card games) hand (set of cards held by a player)
- round of a game
- complete set (of clothing, beddings etc.)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Georgian ხელი (xeli).
Noun
ხელი • (xeli) (plural ხელები)
Derived terms
- ახელებს (axelebs)
- გახელება (gaxeleba)
- გახელებული (gaxelebuli)
- მოხელე (moxele)
- ხელდება (xeldeba)
- ხელობს (xelobs)
Etymology 3
Noun
ხელი • (xeli) (plural ხელები)
- taste given to liquid (wine, water, etc.) due to vessel in which it is filled
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ხელი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
Old Georgian
Etymology 1
Noun
ხელი • (xeli)
- alternative form of ჴელი (qeli)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Armenian խեղ (xeł).[1]
Noun
ხელი • (xeli)
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “խեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 356b
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ხელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 562a
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “ხელი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1568a