თე

Svan

Alternative forms
  • თერ (ter)

Etymology

Most scholars derive from Proto-Kartvelian *ter-. Cognates include Georgian თეთრი (tetri). According to Klimov, from Proto-Kartvelian *twal-, whence Georgian თვალი (tvali).

Noun

თე • (te)

  1. eye
  2. precious stone

References
  • topuria, varlam; kaldani, maksime (1994), “თე”, in svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 556
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