Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇war-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Root

*q̇war-

1. to love

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: სიყუარული (siq̇uaruli), უყუარს (uq̇uars), მოყუარჱ (moq̇uarē), საყუარელი (saq̇uareli)
    • Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
    • Georgian: საყვარელი (saq̇vareli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ორომს (oroms), ყოროფს (qorops) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala, ყორუფს (qorups) — Makriali, Batumi
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ჸოროფა (ʾoropa), ჸოროფილი (ʾoropili), ნაჸოროფუ (naʾoropu)
• ⇒ Svan: მაყრა (maq̇ra), ჯაყრა (ǯaq̇ra), ქა ხაყრა (ka xaq̇ra), ლილყუ̂ირ (lilq̇ûir)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 239–240
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 534–535
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 513
• Čuxua, Merab (2019) Manana Mač̣avariani, Manana Buḳia, editors, Georgian–Circassian–Apkhazian Etymological Dictionary (expanded edition)‎^[1], Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 480–481