ფავრი

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Laz

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰɑvɾi/, /ˈpʰɑvɹi/
  • Hyphenation: ფავ‧რი

Noun

ფავრი (pavri) (Latin spelling pavri)

  1. (dialectal, Vizha, Artasheni) leaf
    Synonym: ბუტკა (buťǩa)
    აჲშე ლივადი იქთერტაშა ლობჯა ფავრეფე თი ეჲატამბენ
    ayşe livadi ikterťaşa lobca pavrepe ti eyaťamben
    While Aisha is walking in the garden, bean leaves stick to her head
  2. (dialectal, Vitse) soft leaves of plants such as chestnut, corn, hazel, etc.
    ანტამაზ ფავრეფე დუხომბუ
    anťamaz pavrepe duxombu
    The peach tree's leaves dried up
  3. (dialectal, Vitse) the whole, dry leaf of any plant that has fallen to the ground
  4. (dialectal, Vitse) page
    Synonym: საჲჶა (sayfa)

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Further reading

  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 382
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “pavri”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 826b
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “pavri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ფავრი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 192a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფავრი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi