გუერი

Laz

Alternative forms

მჯვერი (mǯveri)
გვერი (gveri)
მგერი (mgeri)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mgel- (“wolf”). Cognates are Georgian მგელი (mgeli) and Mingrelian გერი (geri).

Possibly derived from Armenian, but see Old Georgian მგელი (mgeli) for more.

Noun

გუ̂ერი • (güeri)

wolf

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Marr, N. (1910), “გუერი”, in Grammatika čanskago (lazskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

Mingrelian

Noun

გუერი • (gueri)

Alternative form of გვერი (gveri)

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