შაფირი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Semitic; compare Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappîr), Old Armenian շափիղայ (šapʻiłay). Doublet of საფირონი (sapironi).

Noun

შაფირი • (šapiri)

1. sapphire

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “შაფირი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 471