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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣar-
Proto-Kartvelian
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Root
*ɣar- : *ɣr-
- to cry, howl, sing
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ღრიალი (ɣriali, “roar, bellow”), მღერის (mɣeris, “to sing”), სიმღერა (simɣera, “song”), მომღერალი (momɣerali, “singer”)
- Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: მღონიერი (mğonieri, “roaring”)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ღორაფა (ɣorapa, “shouting, roaring, crying”)
- ⇒ Svan: ლიღრა̈ლ (liɣräl, “song”)
Derived terms
- ⇒ Proto-Kartvelian: *ɣarɣad- (“goose”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 220
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 503
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 479
Etymology 2
Root
*ɣar- : *ɣr-
- to die, wither
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ღრობა (ɣroba, “withering, wiltering”) (Guria)
- Zan:
- Laz: ღურ- (ğur-)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ღურა (ɣura, “death”)
- ⇒ Svan: მაღრა (maɣra, “dried up tree”)
Derived terms
- ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *(m)žɣr- (“to wither, fade”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 503
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 478―479