სოვი

სოვი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *sow-. Cognate with Mingrelian ფსივი (psivi), see there for more.

Noun

სოვი • (sovi)

1. vulture

   Synonyms: ზარნასოვი (zarnasovi), ჯიპოსი (ǯiṗosi)

Derived terms

• ზარნასოვი (zarnasovi)

Descendants

• Georgian: სვავი (svavi), სოია (soia), სოიაჸი (soiaʾi)
• → Bats: სოვ (sov)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “სოვი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 400b
• Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “სოვი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1107b
• Čuxua, Merab (2009), “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), issue 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 236 of 227–250, connects with Svan **შუ̂ან (**šûan, “**swan”) after being mislead by {{R:sva:Liparteliani|page=303b}}