მდოვრი

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Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian դիւր (diwr), Middle Armenian դոյր (doyr).[1][2] For the correspondence of -ოვ- (-ov-) to -ոյ- (-oy-) compare Old Georgian ამბოვრ- (ambovr-) from Old Armenian համբոյր (hamboyr, “kiss”).

Adjective

მდოვრი • (mdovri)

  1. calm, tranquil

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Marr, N. (1907) “Деяния трех святых близнецов мучеников Спевсипа, Еласипа и Меласипа [The acts of the three holy twin martyrs Speusippus, Eleusippus, Meleusippus]”, in Записки Восточного отделения Русского археологического общества (in Russian), volume 17 (1906), pages 302–303
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 672ab

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მდოვრი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 227
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 394, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian **dowr- based on Svan
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