Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/beɣur-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *beɣ- (“to be enough”).

Noun

*beɣ-ur-

sparrow

Descendants

Georgian: ბეღურა (beɣura)
Mingrelian: ბაღჷრე (baɣəre), ბაღირე (baɣire), ბაღირი (baɣiri)
- → Abkhaz: а-баӷыр (a-baγər)
  - → Ubykh: baγər

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12―13
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 62―63
Kiria, Č̣.; Ezugbaia, L.; Memišiši, O.; Čuxua, M. (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 774―775