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Etymology
The ultimate origin is unknown. Cognate with Mingrelian გირინი (girini); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuˈɾuni/, /ɡuˈ(ɹ)uni/
- Hyphenation: გუ‧რუ‧ნი
Noun
გურუნი • (guruni) (plural გურუნეფე, Latin spelling guruni) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi)
- donkey, ass
გურუნითე ნცხენიზ ვარიჭიშინენ- gurunite nʒxeniz variç̌işinen
- You can't chase a horse with a donkey (proverb)
- (figurative) rude and incompetent person
გურუნი დო მსქვეჲი ნავარიჩინომს მუ გურუნი რენ- guruni do mskveyi navariçinoms mu guruni ren
- S/he who cannot distinguish a donkey from a deer is herself/himself a donkey (proverb)
References
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 122