შხური

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Mingrelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xwar-, from *c₁xow- (animate, alive). Cognate with Laz ჩხური (çxuri) and Georgian ცხვარი (cxvari).

Noun

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შხური (šxuri)

  1. sheep

References

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  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “შხური”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press