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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)
- 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.
- 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