ოქორთურა

Laz

Etymology

Related to ქორთურა (kortura, “Georgia”). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, “Georgia”) and Megrelian საქორთუო (sakortuo, “Georgia”). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.

Proper noun

ოქორთურა • (okortura)

1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

   Synonyms: ქორთოლონა (kortolona), ოქორთუე (okortue)

Further reading

• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოქორთურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi