მპოლი
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Πόλη (Pólē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]მპოლი • (mp̌oli) (Latin spelling Mp̌oli) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- Istanbul
- Synonym: ისტანბოლი (isťanboli)
- მპოლი წკარიში გზა ფოვუ
- mp̌oli ǯǩarişi gza povu
- Istanbul has become a very visited place
- (literally, “Istanbul became a waterway”)
Derived terms
[edit]- მპოლური (mp̌oluri)
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Mpʼoli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მპოლი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi