ხარო

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ჴარო (qaro) — Khevi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Georgian ხაროჲ (xaroy), earlier ჴაროჲ (qaroy).

Noun

ხარო • (xaro)

1. deep pit; open-air dungeon; pantry pit; well shaft
2. wooden grain bin; compartment in granary

Descendants

• → Laz: ხარო (xaro)
• → Turkish: ḫaro — Artvin, Ardahan

References

• Bläsing, Uwe (2015) “Georgische Gewächse auf türkischer Erde: Ein Beitrag zur Phytonomie in Nordostanatolien”, in Uwe Bläsing, Victoria Arakelova and Matthias Weinreich, editors, Studies on Iran and the Caucasus: In honour of Garnik Asatrian (in German), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, page 255 of 253–269
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ხარო”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ჴაროჲ / ხაროჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1576a

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ხარო (xaro).

Noun

ხარო • (xaro) (Latin spelling xaro) (Arkabi)

1. a prismatic wooden container for corn in the mill

   ქარმატექ ლაზუტი გემქუ ბექითა. ნანაქ “ლაზუთ მოთგესქიდუტაზ” ჲა დო ხაროზ ნაგურაგადამს სერსი მულუნ.

   karmaťek lazuťi gemku bekita. nanak “lazut motgeskiduťaz” ya do xaroz naguragadams sersi mulun.

   I think the mill has ground the corn. I can hear my mother tapping around the xaro to make sure there is no corn.

2. cupboard

   Synonyms: დოლაბი (dolabi), ჯამიკანი (camiǩani), ნთარო (ntaro)

   ინორაზ ოჭკომუ შენი მქვერი დო ხაჯი ჰაწიშენ ხაროს ქომოლობობღი

   inoraz oç̌ǩomu şeni mkveri do xaci haǯişen xaros komolobobği

   I have already put flour and beans in the cupboard for cold times (winter)

References

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xaro”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “ხარო”, 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, page 229b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხარო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi