ხეჲირი
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayır), from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ხეჲირი • (xeyiri) (Latin spelling xeyiri)
- charity, goodness
- პაპულიქ უმითელი ბერეფე შენი ნა-იქომს ხეჲირითე დიდო სებაბი მოგამს
- p̌ap̌ulik umiteli berepe şeni na-ikoms xeyirite dido sebabi mogams
- My grandfather earns a lot of divine reward from his charity work for orphans
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xeyiri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხეირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi