ბავშვი

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Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A word unattested in Middle or Old Georgian. Akin to Mingrelian ბოში (boši). According to Javakhishvili, from the root of the verb შობს (šobs) (whence also შვა (šva), შვილი (švili)) and the prefix ბა- (ba-) which expresses young age of a living being. Compare Georgian ბაღანა (baɣana) and Laz ბოზო (bozo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bavʃvi/,
  • Hyphenation: ბავ‧შვი

Noun

ბავშვი (bavšvi) (plural ბავშვები)

  1. baby, child

Inflection

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Further reading

  • Ǯavaxišvili, Ivane (1937) Kartveli eris isṭoriis šesavali. Ṭomi 2. Kartuli da ḳavḳasiuri enebis tavdaṗirveli buneba da natesaoba [Introduction to the history of the Georgian nation. Volume II. The original structure and relations of Caucasian and Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 198–199