ავლა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ავლი (avli) — Arkabi, Khopa

Etymology

Borrowed from Pontic Greek αυλή (avlí), Derived from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ).

Noun

ავლა • (avla) (Latin spelling avla) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse)

1. field in front of the house, garden in front of the house

   ავლაშკიმი მსხული, ომბრი ართი ლუღი ჯერენ.

   avlaşǩimi msxuli, ombri arti luği ceren.

   Pears, plums and figs are planted in the my courtyard.

Usage notes

• plural forms are regular ავლა --> ავლაფე (avla --> avlape), and ავლი --> აველეფე (avli --> avelepe). But for the plural of ავლა (avla), ავლეფე (avlepe) is also used.
• In Turkish-speaking Laz, the term "avlu" is used as the equivalent of the Laz word ავლა/ავლი (avla/avli). It is not generally used in the standard Turkish sense of "an open space in the center of a building".

Further reading

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