ხავა
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هوا (hava), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ხავა • (xava) (Latin spelling xava) (Atina)
- weather
- air
- Synonym: ტარონი (ťaroni)
- ხასანიქ ნდაღეფეს დულჲა ნა-იქუმს შენი პანდა ფაღი ხავა შვანუმს
- xasanik ndağepes dulya na-ikums şeni p̌anda paği xava şvanums
- Khasan is always breathing fresh air as he does business in the mountains
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xava”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხავა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi