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Georgian
Etymology
From Armenian փշատ (pʻšat).
Pronunciation
Noun
ფშატი • (pšaṭi)
- oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia
- (Meskheti) oleaster-leafed pear (Pyrus elaeagrifolia)[1]
- Synonyms: ქართული ბერყენა (kartuli berq̇ena), პტყენა (ṗṭq̇ena)
References
- ^ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ფშატი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 168, quotes Maqashvili but mistakenly glosses as simply ბერყენა (berq̇ena, “willow-leaved pear”) instead of ქართული ბერყენა (kartuli berq̇ena, “oleaster-leafed pear”).
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փշատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 508ab
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ფშატი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ქართული ბერყენა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo