წირანი

Georgian

Etymology

A relatively recent borrowing from Armenian ծիրան (ciran).

Noun

წირანი • (c̣irani)

  1. a kind of apricot

References
  • Čubinov, David (1887), “წირანი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1705
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծիրան”, 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
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