წყავი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მწყავი (mc̣q̇avi), from Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-. Cognate with Mingrelian წყოუ (c̣q̇ou), წყოლი (c̣q̇oli), წყი (c̣q̇i), Laz მწკო (mc̣ḳo), მწკოლი (mc̣ḳoli), მწუ (mc̣u), წუ (c̣u) and Svan წყაჳ (c̣q̇aw), წყეჳ (c̣q̇ew).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsʼqʼɑvi/
Hyphenation: წყა‧ვი

Noun

წყავი • (c̣q̇avi) (plural წყავები)

cherry laurel

References

penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 342

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