ოფი
Georgian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ոփի (opʿi).
Noun
ოფი • (opi) (plural ოფები)
- black poplar, Populus nigra
- Synonyms: ნერგი თეთრი (nergi tetri), თეთრი ნერგი (tetri nergi), სკვილენჯი (sḳvilenǯi), სპილენძი (sṗilenʒi), სუროჯი (suroǯi)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ոփի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 620a
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ოფი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
- Witczak, K. T. (1999), “Armenian op‘i ‘white poplar, Populus alba L.’ and the development of *ps in Armenian”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics, issue 12, page 66