მოვი
Georgian
Etymology
Uncertain. See English moff for more.
Noun
მოვი • (movi)
- (dated, Tbilisi, Kartli, Kiziqi, Khevi) soft silk fabric for shirtmaking, a moff
Descendants
- →? Armenian: մով (mov), մովի (movi)
Further reading
- Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997), “მოვი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, pages 155–156
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “მოვი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974), “მოვი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 369a
- Čubinov, David (1887), “მოვი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 793