შხვართი
Mingrelian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Georgian-Zan *šxwert-. Doublet of შხვერთი (šxverti). Cognate with Georgian შხვერთი (šxverti, “elegant, slender, flexible; wicker, cane”).[1][2]
Adjective
[edit]შხვართი • (šxvarti)
Related terms
[edit]- შხვართუა (šxvartua, “to stretch, sprawl out”), შხვართილი (šxvartili, “spread out”)
- შხვართიჯგურა (šxvartiǯgura, “slender, slim”)
- შხვართალი (šxvartali, “rustling of leaves; reed-like swaying movement”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Georgian: შხვართი (šxvarti, “elegant, slender”) (Gurian dialect)
References
[edit]- ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 254
- ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 537
Further reading
[edit]- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შხვართი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1684