ხვიმა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ხვიმრა (xvimra), ხვირმა (xvirma), ხუმა (xuma), ხომა (xoma)

Etymology

From Georgian ხურმა (xurma), from Persian خرما (xurmā).

Noun

ხვიმა • (xvima) (plural ხვიმეფი)

1. persimmon

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ხვიმა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1979
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ხომა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 406a
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ხვიმა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ხურმა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo