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ასი
ასი
Georgian
| 100 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : ასი (asi) | ||
Numeral
ასი • (asi)
- (cardinal) hundred
Derived terms
- ასობითი სისტემა (asobiti sisṭema)
- ასი წელი (asi c̣eli)
Old Georgian
Etymology
According to Fähnrich and Klimov (1985), from Proto-Kartvelian *as₁-. However, Klimov reconstructs Common-Kartvelian *as₁ir- (“hundred”) in his later works and adds that it might be borrowed from a Semitic source.
Numeral
ასი • (asi)
Descendants
- Georgian: ასი (asi)
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 87
- Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 4
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 41
- abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “ასი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 10