ყვალი

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇w-el-.

Noun

ყვალი (qvali) (Latin spelling qvali) (KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. cheese
    Synonym: ფეჲნირი (peyniri)
    არ კვარი ყვალი
    ar ǩvari qvali
    Cheese the size of a round copper plate

Further reading

  • Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 123:Twali
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “x'vali”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ყვალი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi