ნეზუ̂რა
Svan
Alternative forms
- ნეზუ̂ (nezû)
Etymology
From ნეზუ̂ (nezû) + -რა (-ra, “plant, tree designation”), supposedly through umlaut and deaffrication from Proto-Kartvelian *naʒw-, however a borrowing from Georgian ნაძვი (naʒvi) undergoing the same processes is also possible.
The meaning of "pine female" developed due to the similar ნეზუ̂ (nezû, “female (of livestock)”).
Noun
ნეზუ̂რა • (nezûra) (plural ნეზუ̂რალ)
- spruce
- (botany) pine female
- spruce log, timber
Related terms
- ნენზ (nenz, “fir”)
- სისნა (sisna, “conifer needle, branch”)
- ტახრა (ṭaxra, “pine; Caucasian fir (Abies nordmanniana)”)
- ღუმირ (ɣumir, “conifer”)
Further reading
- Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ნეზვრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 240b
- Oniani, Arsen (1917), “ნეზჳრა”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 31b