ქირი

Laz

Noun

ქირი • (kiri)

1. Alternative form of მქვერი (mkveri)

Mingrelian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰiri/
• Hyphenation: ქი‧რი

Etymology 1

From ქირ- ← *ქურ- ← ქორ- (kir- ← *kur- ← kor-), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *kor-.

Alternative forms

• ქჷრი (kəri), ქორი (kori)

Noun

ქირი • (kiri)

1. northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქირი¹”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1524
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქირი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 344b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ქურ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 850
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

ქირი • (kiri)

1. Alternative form of ქვირი (kviri)