ქვირა

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Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Iranian, compare Persian کره (korra, colt, foal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰvira/,
  • Hyphenation: ქვი‧რა

Noun

ქვირა (kvira) (plural ქვირები)

  1. (Tbilisi, dated) foal, colt
    Synonyms: კვიცი (ḳvici), კურია (ḳuria), ქვირანაჸი (kviranaʾi)
    Hypernym: ცხენი (cxeni)

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Mingrelian: ქვირა (kvira)

References

  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ქვირა”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎, prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 227

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Georgian ქვირა (kvira), see there for more.

Noun

ქვირა (kvira) (plural ქვირეფი) (Senaki)

  1. foal, colt
    Synonym: კვიცი (ḳvici)
    Hypernym: ცხენი (cxeni)

Further reading

  • Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 554, considered a foreign ("Arabic-Turkish-Persian") word
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქვირა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1518
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქვირა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 372b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქვირა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ქვირა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN