ავარა

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آواره (“exiled; vagrant; homeless; wretched; idle”), Derived from Persian آواره (âvâre).

Adjective

ავარა • (avara) (Latin spelling avara) (Atina)

1. free (time, day)

   ოხორიში მერთერიზეფე დოქცეს. არ ავარა ნდღას ქეწევუჭადათ.

   oxorişi merterizepe dokʒes. ar avara ndğas keǯevuç̌adat.

   The eaves of the house are rotten. Let's hammer them up from the bottom at our leisure.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “avara”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ავარა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi