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ჩხური

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xwar-, from *c₁xow- (animate, alive). Cognate with Mingrelian შხური (šxuri) and Georgian ცხვარი (cxvari).

Noun

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ჩხური (çxuri) (plural ჩხურეფე)

  1. sheep

References

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  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 251
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ჩხური”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press