ჰებრა

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Svan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ჰებ (heb, cherry) +‎ -რა (-ra, plant, tree designation). The ultimate origin is unknown.

Noun

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ჰებრა (hebra)

  1. cherry (tree and fruit)
  2. cherry tree's log, timber

Further reading

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  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჰებრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 2005
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 305, citing phonetic agreement derives from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁ab- (chestnut), he however describes the shift in meaning problematic
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 726, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *Leb-, whence Laz ჭაბუ (ç̌abu, white mistletoe) which is rather akin to Svan ჭა̈ბ (č̣äb)