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ოფი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [opʰi]
  • Hyphenation: ოფი

Noun

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ოფი (opi) (plural ოფები)

  1. black poplar (Populus nigra)
    Synonyms: ნერგი თეთრი (nergi tetri), თეთრი ნერგი (tetri nergi), სკვილენჯი (sḳvilenǯi), სპილენძი (sṗilenʒi), სუროჯი (suroǯi)

Further reading

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  • 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