ზურა

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *zur(a)- (“female”). For the second meaning see English bitch.

Adjective

ზურა • (zura) (Latin spelling zura)

1. female (of mammals)

   Synonym: ბოზო- (bozo-)

   ზურა ჯოღორი

   zura coğori

   female dog

2. (slang, offensive) someone having sexual intercourse with many men

   ზურა ხორძა

   zura xorża

   whore

   ზურა კოჩი

   zura ǩoçi

   faggot

Noun

ზურა • (zura) (Latin spelling zura, plural ზურაფე)

1. female (of mammals)
2. she-dog, bitch

   Synonym: წუნა (ǯuna)

3. (slang, offensive) whore, prostitute, bitch

   Synonyms: ოროსფი (orospi), წურაკა (ǯuraǩa)

   ზურა სტერი იქთენ

   zura sťeri ikten

   She is walking around like a bitch

See also

• დადული (daduli, “female (of fish, insects, plants and animals with wings)”)

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 400
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 341
• Marr, N. (1910) “ზურა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 145b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ზურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *zur(a)- (“female”).

Noun

ზურა • (zura) (plural ზურეფი)

1. coward

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ზურა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 572
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ზურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN