ტარბი

Georgian

Etymology

From Armenian տարբ (tarb), the Tbilisi dialect form of տարմ (tarm).

Noun

ტარბი • (ṭarbi) (plural ტარბები)

  1. rosy starling, Pastor roseus

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “տարմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 387a
  • Čubinov, David (1887), “ტარბი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1215

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