დიარა

დიარა

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek διάριον (diárion) (whence Pontic Greek δεάρ (deár)), from Latin diarium.

Noun

დიარა • (diara)

1. wedding
2. banquet, feast

   Synonym: რხინი (rxini)

References

• Gippert, Jost (1993), “Lateinisches Wortmaterial im Kaukasus”, in Gerhard Meiser, editor, Indogermanica et Italica : Festschrift für Helmut Rix zum 65. Geburtstag (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 72) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität, pages 142–147
• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “დიარა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 391
• Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “დიარა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 412