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Georgian-Megrelian-Laz-Svan-English Dictionary
Kurdadze R. et al.
Tbilisi, publishing house Petiti, 2015. 244 p.The dictionary presents up to 6000 entries of various origins. The data were diverse in terms of both form and meaning. Dictionary indices are compiled in accordance with Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian Language in Eight Volumes (1950-1964) and Georgian Dictionary (2014). As far as the dictionary is multi-lingual, Georgian items, notwithstanding some exceptions, are presented without definitions; however, individual items are defined. If a word is polysemantic, a definition corresponds to what appears in Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian Language, Georgian Dictionary, and A Comprehensive Georgian-English Dictionary.
Rarely, the Kartvelian part includes an English translation. This happens when a meaning of a certain Kartvelian word varies in the Kartvelian languages proper; for instance, the Svan for ‘brother’ are two lexemes: muxûbe (brother for brother) and jəmil (brother for sister).
As far as the dictionary targets a wider community of readers, it does not provide grammatical qualifications of lexical items. Neither it indicates the origins of earlier loan-words, having entered the lexical stock of the Kartvelian languages centuries ago. For instance, Gr. μωρός –> Megr. boro ‘stupid’. In more recent borrowings, a donor language is referred to, even when the lexeme does not immediate belong to that one. For instance,in Laz zamani (Arab/Tr. zaman ‘time’), etc.
It has been known that the Kartvelian languages – Megrelian, Laz, and Svan are rich in dialectal variation. It is obvious that it was impossible to reflect that diversity in the dictionary. Therefore, data from each language are referred to with respect to certain principles.
The Svan data are mostly presented as the Upper Bal dialect. It should be stated that there is considerable subdialectal variation even within individual dialects of Svan. In the present dictionary, the Svan data are based on the Upper Bal dialect (predominantly, Ushguli subdiale
Rarely, the Kartvelian part includes an English translation. This happens when a meaning of a certain Kartvelian word varies in the Kartvelian languages proper; for instance, the Svan for ‘brother’ are two lexemes: muxûbe (brother for brother) and jəmil (brother for sister).
As far as the dictionary targets a wider community of readers, it does not provide grammatical qualifications of lexical items. Neither it indicates the origins of earlier loan-words, having entered the lexical stock of the Kartvelian languages centuries ago. For instance, Gr. μωρός –> Megr. boro ‘stupid’. In more recent borrowings, a donor language is referred to, even when the lexeme does not immediate belong to that one. For instance,in Laz zamani (Arab/Tr. zaman ‘time’), etc.
It has been known that the Kartvelian languages – Megrelian, Laz, and Svan are rich in dialectal variation. It is obvious that it was impossible to reflect that diversity in the dictionary. Therefore, data from each language are referred to with respect to certain principles.
The Svan data are mostly presented as the Upper Bal dialect. It should be stated that there is considerable subdialectal variation even within individual dialects of Svan. In the present dictionary, the Svan data are based on the Upper Bal dialect (predominantly, Ushguli subdiale
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9941938687
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9789941938689
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