դղեակ

Etymology
Abulaje connects with 🇨🇬 and derives both from an  source. Found also in other Kartvelian languages: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. This is accepted by Ačaṙean, who specifies that the Armenian is borrowed from Early and the Georgian from Late 🇨🇬 because of the well-known k → g development in Middle Persian. He also adduces 🇨🇬 as borrowed from Late 🇨🇬.

The sense development “fortress” → “dungeon” is common. Compare 🇨🇬.

For a possible explanation of the Iranian etymon, compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and the suffix.

Noun

 * 1) fortress, fort
 * 2) dungeon