კირი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კირი (ḳiri), from Old Armenian կիր (kir, lime), ultimately from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, oven, kiln). See there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: კი‧რი

Noun

კირი (ḳiri) (plural კირები)

  1. lime, calcium oxide

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a
  • Kluge, Theodor (1913) “Die Indo-Germanischen Lehnwörter im Georgischen”, in Revue de linguistique et de philologie comparée (in German), volume 46, Paris, page 260
  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 605

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian კირი (ḳiri).

Noun

კირი (ǩiri)

  1. (Batumi, Chkhala) lime
    Synonyms: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i), ჭალიმი (ç̌alimi)

References

  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 367
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 425b
  • Marr, N. (1910) “კირი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 155b

Mingrelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian კირი (ḳiri). See it for more.

Noun

კირი (ḳiri)

  1. lime

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Buḳia, Manana (2016) Merab Čuxua, editor, Čerkezul-kartveluri enobrivi šexvedrebi (in Georgian), Tbilisi, →ISBN, page 45
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “კირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN