სგა̄უ̂იშ

Svan

Alternative forms

• სგაუ̂ჲაშ (sgaûyaš)

Noun

სგა̄უ̂იშ • (sgāûiš)

1. (literally) person living across, on the other side (implying the mountain range separating the region from the mainland Georgia); othersider.
2. Georgian person

   სგაუ̂ი ლჷთორ მა̄რე̄ლ

   sgaûi lətor mārēl

   Educated othersiders visited [Svaneti]

References

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “სგა̄უ̂იშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1575