დაფნა

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Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian დაფნი (dapni) possibly through addition of the morpheme -ა (-a), from Old Georgian დაფნი (dapni); see there for more. Compare also Mingrelian დაფი (dapi) and Laz დეჶნე (defne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dapʰna/,
  • Hyphenation: დაფ‧ნა

Noun

დაფნა (dapna) (plural დაფნები)

  1. laurel (Laurus)

Inflection

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References

  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “დაფნა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “დაფნა”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 93
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “დაფნა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 128