q a r T u l i e n a d a l i t e r a t u r a

sazRvros. arsaidan ara Cans, rom j u a n S e r s qsanic hqondes mxedvelobaSi. xerTvisi
misTvis, ueWvelia, or wyals Sua mdebare adgilia. marTalia, am or wyalTagan igi
mxolod aragvs axsenebs, magram cxadia, rom meore mdinared mas mtkvari aqvs nagu-
lisxmevi.
Zveli teqstebis mowmobiT, maSasadame, xerTvisi aRniSnavda rogorc dRevandel
k u n Z u l s , ise agreTve n a x e v a r - k u n Z u l s a c , romelTa diferenciacia maSin arc
arsebobda. miuxedavad amisa, mainc unda vTqvaT, rom xerTvisi Tavdapirvelad unda
yofiliyo naxevar-kunZuli da ara kunZuli, Tanac iseTi naxevar-kunZuli, romelic
ori mdinaris SeerTebiT (an mdinaris zRvasTan SerTviT) aris warmomdgari.
amas is garemoeba gvafiqrebinebs, rom sazogado saxeli xerTvisi sakuTar saxelad
iqca qarTulSi da geografiul nomenklaturaSi amoyo Tavi.
xerTvisi dResac geografiuli saxelia da igi ramdenimejer gvxvdeba. magaliTad,
xuT-versian rukaze, romelic gamocemuli iyo kavkasiis samxedro topografiuli ganyofilebis
mier, am saxelwodebiT (Хертвиси, Хертвисъ) xuTi sofelia aRniSnuli:
1. j a v a x e T S i , iq, sadac mtkvars axalqalaqis wyali erTvis.
2. f o c x o v S i , wurwyabidan 15-iode versis manZilze, CrdiloeTiT.
3. k l a r j e T S i , artanujis aRmosavleTiT, aTiode versis manZilze.
4. a W a r a S i , sadac Woroxs aWaris wyali erTvis (= zeda xerTvisi?).
5. aWaraSive, maWaxelis wyalze (qveda xerTvisi).
magram unda vifiqroT, rom xerTvisi, rogorc geografiuli saxeli, gacilebiT
ufro metia saqarTveloSi, vidre rusul xuT-versian rukazea aRniSnuli. magaliTad
SemiZlia davasaxelo
6. J i n v a n s gaRma mdebare adgili, sadac fSavis aragvs mTiuleTis aragvi uer-
Tdeba da romelsac xerTvisi hqvian. igi dasaxelebul rukaze aRniSnuli ar aris.
Tu yuradRebas mivaqcevT zemore CamoTvlili adgilebis mdebareobas, vnaxavT, rom
yvelani mdinaris pirad imyofebian; metsac vityviT: yvelani SerTul mdinareebs Soris
arian moqceulni; `arian moqceulni~-meTqi, magram ufro swori iqneboda, meTqva: `unda
iyvnen moqceulni~, radganac ueWvelad da danamdvilebiT amis mtkiceba jer-jerobiT
mxolod sami xerTvisis Sesaxeb SemiZlia: aragvisa, mtkvrisa da Woroxisa. erT maTgans
vaxuSti batoniSvili ase niSandobliv agviwers: `sad erTvis mtkvars javaxeTis
mtkvari, am ors mdinares Soris ars xerTvisi: mtkvris aRmosavleTis kidezed
da javaxeTis mtkvris samxriT~ 13 . sxva xerTvisebsac albaT aseTive mdebareoba aqvT,
Tu, rasakvirvelia, romelime maTgani sxva xerTvisidan gadmosaxlebuli xalxis mier
gaSenebuli ar aris da saxelic iqidan, Zveli xerTvisidan, gadmotanili da axalSenis
mdebareobis Seufereblad darqmeuli ar aris. erTi sityviT, xerTviss unda movelodeT
Cveulebriv mxolod iq, sadac mdinare mdinaresve an zRvas erTvis.
erTvis _ ai is zmnis forma, romelTanac etimologiuri kavSiri aqvs xerTviss 14 .
rom es kavSiri udavoa, amas erTTavad isic adasturebs, rom rTva zmnisagan sxva geografiuli
saxelic gvaqvs nawarmoebi, saxeldobr S e r T u l i , romelic sofelia
didisa da patara liaxvis SesarTavTan. oRond S e r T u l i axali formaa, Zvelad ki
igi mravlobiT ricxvSi yofila xmarebuli: S e r T u l n i , S e r T u l T a , rogorc
amas gviCvenebs Semdegi adgili qarTlis cxovrebisa:
(mariam dedofl. red.)
TÂT Tavadi surtani dadga kar-bsa da
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(ana dedofl. red.)
da TuiT Tavadi surtani dadga karbs
13 ReoRraჶiuli aRwera saqarTveloჲsa batoniSvilis vaxuStis mier, peterburgi, 1842, gv., 96.
14 xerTvisis etimologiuri kavSiri erTvis formasTan gaTvaliswinebuli hqonia i. rostomaSvilsac,
romelsac oRond xani SecdomiT Semoklebuli xevi (scil. Ãevi) hgonia. igi wers: «Хертвис
– слово грузинское. Образовалось оно из двух слов: х сокращенное хеви – река, вода и эртвис (erTvis) –
соединяется. И действительно, Хертвис стоит как раз у соединения р. Топараванки с Курой, на левой стороне первой
и на правой – второй» (Ахалкалакский уезд в археологическом отношении: Сборник материалов, XXV, 115).