Georgian

Noun

გერი • ‎(geri) ‎(plural გერები)

1. stepchild, stepson, stepdaughter

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ნგერი ‎(ngeri)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mgel- ‎(“wolf”). Cognates include Georgian მგელი ‎(mgeli).

Possibly derived from Armenian, but see Old Georgian მგელი ‎(mgeli) for more.

Noun

გერი • ‎(geri)

1. wolf

References

• Kipšidze, I. (1910), “გერი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 512b
• Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*mgel-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages