ჯურღმული

Georgian

Etymology

From Armenian ջրհոր (ǰrhor), by retaining its first part ջուր (ǰur, “water”) and replacing հոր (hor, “pit, hole”) by Georgian ღმული (ɣmuli, “deep”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒurʁmulɪ/

Noun

ჯურღმული • (ǯurɣmuli) (plural ჯურღმულები)

  1. well (hole sunk into the ground as a source of water)
  2. precipice, abyss

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ջուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Čubinov, David (1840), “ჯურღმული”, in Gruzinsko-russko-francuzskij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
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