წარაფი

Georgian

Etymology

Probably from Old Armenian *ծառափն (*caṙapʻn), from ծառ (caṙ, “tree”) +‎ ափն (apʻn, “edge, bank”).^[1] For the sense "extensive rocky outcrop" compare ქარაფი (karapi). Related to Mingrelian წირფუ (c̣irpu).

Noun

წარაფი • (c̣arapi) (plural წარაფები)

extensive rocky outcrop
long copse
(Kakheti) unploughed strip between fields
tsarapi (a wine variety from Kakheti)

Usage notes

The form წარავი (c̣aravi) found only in Čubinov 1840^[2] is likely a misspelling. Later dictionaries of Čubinov have only წარაფი (c̣arapi).^[3]^[4]^[5]

Derived terms

წარაფიანი (c̣arapiani)

References

^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 447b
^ Čubinov, David (1840) “წარაფი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 639b
^ Čubinov, David (1846) “молодёжникъ”, in Русско-грузинский словарь [Russian–Georgian Dictionary], volume I, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 493a
^ Čubinov, David (1846) “прутнякъ”, in Русско-грузинский словарь [Russian–Georgian Dictionary], volume II, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 883b
^ Čubinov, David (1887) “წარაფი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1646

Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “წარაფი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 443b
Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “წარაფი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[3], volume II, London: Garnett Press, page 1624a

Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 354–355
Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, pages 106–107
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 617
Mač̣avariani, Muxran (2009) Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani, narḳvevi isṭoriidan (Orṭomeuli; 2)‎^[4] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Intelekti, page 428

[1] Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “ծառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 447b

[2] Čubinov, David (1840) “წარაფი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 639b

[3] Čubinov, David (1846) “молодёжникъ”, in Русско-грузинский словарь [Russian–Georgian Dictionary], volume I, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 493a

[4] Čubinov, David (1846) “прутнякъ”, in Русско-грузинский словарь [Russian–Georgian Dictionary], volume II, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 883b

[5] Čubinov, David (1887) “წარაფი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1646

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