The paper is a discussion of D.R. Peacock‘s lexicographic resource
―Original Vocabularies of Five West Caucasian Languages‖ and provides
information about the author and his work. The English headwords are
accompanied by their translations in the languages spoken in Georgia:
Georgian, Megrelian (―Mingrelian‖), Laz (―Lazian‖), Svan (―Swanetian‖),
and Abkhazian. With a number of positive aspects, Peacock‘s ―Vocabularies‖
should be considered a significant vestige in the history of English-Caucasian
lexicography which can yield much valuable information as a result of the
thorough investigation of individual entries and their translation equivalents in
the five Caucasian languages spoken in Georgia.The paper is a discussion of D.R. Peacock‘s lexicographic resource
―Original Vocabularies of Five West Caucasian Languages‖ and provides
information about the author and his work. The English headwords are
accompanied by their translations in the languages spoken in Georgia:
Georgian, Megrelian (―Mingrelian‖), Laz (―Lazian‖), Svan (―Swanetian‖),
and Abkhazian. With a number of positive aspects, Peacock‘s ―Vocabularies‖
should be considered a significant vestige in the history of English-Caucasian
lexicography which can yield much valuable information as a result of the
thorough investigation of individual entries and their translation equivalents in
the five Caucasian languages spoken in Georgia
