ოფი
Appearance
Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- black poplar (Populus nigra)
- Synonyms: ნერგი თეთრი (nergi tetri), თეთრი ნერგი (tetri nergi), სკვილენჯი (sḳvilenǯi), სპილენძი (sṗilenʒi), სუროჯი (suroǯi)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոփի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 620a
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ოფი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Witczak, K. T. (1991) “Armenian op‘i ‘white poplar, Populus alba L.’ and the development of *ps in Armenian”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics[2], number 12, page 66