ხავა

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هوا (hava), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑvɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ხა‧ვა

Noun

ხავა (xava) (Latin spelling xava) (Atina)

  1. weather
    Synonyms: ორა (ora), ტარონი (ťaroni)
    ჯეჩენდეფე ნაკუ ვორსი ხავაფე ორტუ. ჰუს-ტი მჭიმათე ვარ-გოლილვენ.
    ceçendepe naǩu vorsi xavape orťu. hus-ťi mç̌imate var-golilven.
    What beautiful weather we had recently! Now it's raining.
  2. air
    Synonym: ტარონი (ťaroni)
    ხასანიქ ნდაღეფეს დულჲა ნა-იქუმს შენი პანდა ფაღი ხავა შვანუმს
    xasanik ndağepes dulya na-ikums şeni p̌anda paği xava şvanums
    Khasan is always breathing fresh air as he does business in the mountains

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xava”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხავა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi