ქუჲრი
Bats
Etymology
Borrowed from Georgian ქორი (kori).[1][2] For development, compare Bats ყუჲჩი̂ (q̇uyčî) ← Georgian ყოჩი (q̇oči, “ram”); Bats ბუჲტი̂ (buyṭî, “billy-goat”) ← Georgian ბოტი (boṭi); Bats კუჲმში̂ (ḳuymšî, “quince”) ← Georgian კომში (ḳomši).[2]
Noun
ქუჲრი̂ (kuyrî)
- northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
References
- Климов, Г. А.; Халилов, М. Ш. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 432
- Bertlani, Arsen (2012) Tušuri enis poneṭiḳa da ponologia [Phonetics and phonology of Bats] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 432–433
Further reading
- Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940), “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volume V-VI, Tbilisi, page 618