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-

to love

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: სიყუარული (siq̇uaruli), უყუარს (uq̇uars), მოყუარჱ (moq̇uarē), საყუარელი (saq̇uareli)
  - Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
  - Georgian: საყვარელი (saq̇vareli)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ოროფა (oropa), ოროფერი (oroperi)
  - ⇒ 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
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 534–535
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (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)‎, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, pages 480–481