ბუზულ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ბუზუულ (buzuul) — Cholur

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *buz(w)-. Cognates include Georgian ბუზი (buzi, “fly”).

Noun

ბუზულ • (buzul)

1. (insect) fly
2. (insect) bee, honey bee

References

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ბუზულ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 326
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ბუზულ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 73