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Old Georgian
Etymology
From Semitic; compare Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappîr), Old Armenian շափիղայ (šapʻiłay). Doublet of საფირონი (sapironi).
Noun
შაფირი • (šapiri)
- sapphire
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “შაფირი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 471