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Old Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan- (“Svan”). The ethnonym is often connected with the name of a tribe Sanni, mentioned by various ancient Greek authors.
Noun
სუანი • (suani)
- a person from Svaneti; Svan.
Descendants
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 179
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 418