ხურმა
Georgian
Alternative forms
- ხუმბრა (xumbra) – Guria, Adjara
- ხუმბლე (xumble), ხულა (xula) – Imereti
- ხუმლა (xumla) – Imereti, Guria, Lechkhumi
- ხუმრა (xumra) – Chveneburi
Etymology
From Persian خرما (xurmā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xurma/
- Hyphenation: ხურ‧მა
Noun
ხურმა • (xurma) (plural ხურმები)
- persimmon
- Synonym: კარალიოკი (ḳaralioḳi)
Descendants
- → Bats: ხურმ (xurm)
- → Mingrelian: ხვიმა (xvima), ხვიმრა (xvimra), ხვირმა (xvirma), ხუმა (xuma), ხომა (xoma)
- → Svan: ხურმა (xurma)
See also
- დანაკისკუდი (danaḳisḳudi)
- ფინიკი (piniḳi)
Further reading
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ხურმა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975), “ხუმბრა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 384a
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975), “ხუმლა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 384a
- “ხუმბლე”, in Imeruli leksiḳoni [Imeretian Dictionary] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2009
- “ხულა”, in Imeruli leksiḳoni [Imeretian Dictionary] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2009
- “ხუმრა”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014