ქიფური
Mingrelian
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Related to Russian кефир (kefir).
Noun
ქიფური • (kipuri)
- a kind of fermented milk product prepared in skin vessel
References
- Кипшидзе, Иосиф (1914), “ქიფური”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 344b