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Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *lez₁w-. Cognate with Mingrelian ლეჟვა (ležva) and Laz ლეჟვერა (lejvera).
Ačaṙean derives from Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem, “to lick”) (root *լէզ- (*lēz-)), but Klimov remarks that the connection with Armenian is “difficult to accept”.
Pronunciation
Noun
ლეზვი • (lezvi) (plural ლეზვები)
- saliva
Synonyms
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 278b
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 108
- Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 304
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 267
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ლეზვი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences