მწერი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მწერი (mc̣eri), from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er-. Cognates include Svan მერ (mer). See also Old Armenian ճանճ (čanč).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mtsʼɛri/
  • Hyphenation: მწე‧რი

Noun

მწერი (mc̣eri) (plural მწერები)

  1. insect

Declension

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See also

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kartvelʹskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 141
  • Riabinin, Michel (1898), “Notes de lexicographie géorgienne. Examen du matériel emprunté”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, volume X, page 21

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣₁er-.

Noun

მწერი (mc̣eri)

  1. insect
  2. fly

Descendants

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kartvelʹskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 141
  • Riabinin, Michel (1898), “Notes de lexicographie géorgienne. Examen du matériel emprunté”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, volume X, page 21
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