Some Botanical Terms Found in Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani’s Dictionary “Sitkvis Kona”

Abstract

Some general terms of fruits and their definitions are worth mentioning in Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani’s „Sitkvis Kona“. Compare: The word ხილი is referred to fruit grown in the garden, with a soft peel, like apples, pomegranates, grapes, lemons etc. But ხული means a fruit with tough peel like an almond, walnut, chestnut, cedar, etc. The word ხმილი means all the fruits grown at the top of a plant, such as a melon, watermelon, strawberry, cucumber, etc. And the term ხიჩატელი means all the fruits grown on uncultivated, wild plants.

Today, the importance of enrooting some of the above-mentioned names is of essential importance (for example: ხიჩატელი (<ხილმჩატელი) – „each wild fruit“ (Saba, 1993).

The meanings of some botanical terms in accordance with their peculiar biological characteristics are not defined yet (კაკრა, კენკრა, ნაჟვი).