მა̄რე

Svan

Alternative forms

• მარე (mare)

Etymology

A Nakh borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Nakh *maar (“husband”).

Noun

მა̄რე • (māre) (plural მა̄რა̈̄ლ or მა̄რე̄ლ)

1. man, male
2. human

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 8–9

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “მა̄რე”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 197a
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “მარე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 213a
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “კაცი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 128b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “მა̄რე”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1246