კვარი
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]კვარი • (ḳvari) (plural კვარები)
- Fragment of spruce or pine easily set on fire (used to be an alternative for candle in villages)
Laz
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳwer- (“flat cake, cookie (round)”). For the development of the sense "honeycomb" compare Armenian մեղրահաց (meġrahacʻ, “honeycomb”, literally “honey bread”).
Noun
[edit]კვარი • (ǩvari) (Latin spelling ǩvari)
- (Vizha, Artasheni) a type of thin bread made from unleavened dough, small bread similar to pita bread
- Synonym: პაპაჲინა (p̌ap̌ayina)
- სი კვარი შოლარ დო ტაღანითე ჯეჭვარ
- si ǩvari şolar do ťağanite ceç̌var
- You'll knead the ǩvari and cook it in a pan
- (Vitse) piece of dough
- გჲარი ფშველუმტიშა კვარი ეშალუ დო ლეტას მელუ
- gyari pşvelumťişa ǩvari eşalu do leťas melu
- A piece of dough splattered and fell to the ground while kneading bread
- (Vizha) honeycomb
- Synonyms: თოფრიში ჩაჩა (toprişi çaça), ჩეჩი (çeçi), კარვანი (ǩarvani)
Further reading
[edit]- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 801
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k’vari[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k’vari[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.