მყუარი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇uw- (“to cry”). Akin to Svan ლიყუ̂ლი (liq̇ûli).

Noun

მყუარი • (mq̇uari)

1. frog

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მყუარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 304
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 520