მწკოლი
Laz
Alternative forms
- მწკო (mc̣ḳo) – Khopa, Arkabi, Vitse
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣q̇a(w)- or possibly Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.
Noun
მწკოლი • (mc̣ḳoli) (plural მწკოლეფე) (Arkabi)
- cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (the cultivated form)
- Synonyms: მწუ (mc̣u), (the wild form) პოზი (ṗozi)
Derived terms
- მწკორდერი (mc̣ḳorderi)
- ღომწკო (ɣomc̣ḳo)
Further reading
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 228
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “მწკო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “მწკოლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
- Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2020), “mǯǩo”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 36