სულუგუნი

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Georgian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Abaev from Digor Ossetian сулу (sulu, whey) + -гун (-gun, made from). Akin to Mingrelian სილოგინი (silogini), სელეგინი (selegini), სელეგუნი (seleguni), სელეგჷნი (selegəni), Laz სუგუნიშყვალი (sugunişqvali), სილინგოყვალი (silingoqvali).

Noun[edit]

სულუგუნი (suluguni) (uncountable)

  1. sulguni cheese (a pickled Georgian cheese), originally from Mingrelia

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: սուլուգունի (suluguni)

Further reading[edit]

  • Abajev, V. I. (1979) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 197
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 109