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Svan
Etymology
From ჰებ (heb, “cherry”) + -რა (-ra, “plant, tree designation”). The ultimate origin is unknown.
Noun
ჰებრა • (hebra)
- cherry (tree and fruit)
- cherry tree's log, timber
Further reading
- Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჰებრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 2005
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 305, citing phonetic agreement derives from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁ab- (“chestnut”), he however describes the shift in meaning problematic
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 726, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *Leb-, whence Laz ჭაბუ (ç̌abu, “white mistletoe”) which is rather akin to Svan ჭა̈ბ (č̣äb)