გუელის-მბრძოლი
Old Georgian
Etymology
From გუელი (gueli, “snake”) + მბრძოლი (mbrʒoli, “warrior; fighter”), literally "snake-fighter". Calque of Old Armenian օձամարտ (ōjamart) or Ancient Greek ὀφιομάχος (ophiomákhos) occurring in the same passage in Leviticus 11:22.
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “გუელის-მბრძოლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 98
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