სოვი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *sow-. Cognate with Mingrelian ფსივი (psivi).

Noun

სოვი • (sovi)

1. vulture

   Synonyms: ზარნასოვი (zarnasovi), ჯიპოსი (ǯiṗosi)

Derived terms

• ზარნასოვი (zarnasovi)

Descendants

• Georgian: სვავი (svavi, “vulture”), სოვი (sovi) — Outer Kakheti, სოია (soia), სოიაჸი (soiaʾi) — Tusheti, ფსოვი (psovi, “sea eagle”)
  • → Svan: სუ̂აუ̂ (sûaû)
• → Bats: სოვ (sov)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “სოვი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 400b
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “სოვი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1107b
• Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 236 of 227–250, connects with Svan **შუ̂ან (**šûan, “**swan”) after being misled by {{R:sva:Liparteliani|page=303b}}