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წუერი

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣wer-.

See also Old Armenian ծայր (cayr, end, extremity) and Arabic سَيْر (sayr, strap; antler) with its variant صَيْر (ṣayr).

Noun

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წუერი (c̣ueri)

  1. beard
  2. top, point

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: წვერი (c̣veri)
    • Bats: წჵვერ (c̣'ver, top, tip)

References

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წუერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 551a
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 623
  • Klimov, G. A. (1985) “Дополнения к этимологическому словарю картвельских языков. II [Additions to the Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages. II]”, in Этимология[2] (in Russian), number 1983, Moscow: Nauka, page 177 of 166–179
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “წუერი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1548, glossed as Bart; Spitze; Gipfel, Höhe