თეკე̄რ

Svan

Alternative forms

• თეკრა (teḳra), თეკჲა̄რ (teḳyār), თეკა̈̄რ (teḳǟr)

Etymology

Akin to Ossetian тӕгӕр (tægær), Karachay-Balkar тыкыр (tıkır), and possibly Chechen стайр (stajr). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

თეკე̄რ • (teḳēr)

1. velvet maple, Persian maple, Acer velutinum
2. maple

   Synonym: ბიკენჩხა̈ლ (biḳenčxäl)

Descendants

• → Georgian: თეკერა (teḳera, “Acer pseudoplatanus”) — Racha

See also

• ბიკენჩხა̈ლ (biḳenčxäl)
• ფეხუ̂რა (pexûra)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1979) “tægær”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 250–252,
• Saɣliani, Medea (2023) Važa Šengelia, Naṭo Šavrešiani, editors, Nasesxeb siṭq̇vata leksiḳoni svanurši [The Dictionary of Borrowed Words in the Svan Language], Tbilisi: Universali, page 86, derives from Georgian

Further reading

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “თეკე̄რ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 557
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “თეკერა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo