Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian აგური (aguri, brick), see there for more.
For the development of the sense “diamonds” compare Armenian ագուռ (aguṙ, brick; diamonds), քյարփինջ (kʻyarpʻinǰ, brick; diamonds).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /aɡuri/, [aɡuɾi]
  • Hyphenation: აგუ‧რი

Noun edit

აგური (aguri) (plural აგურები)

  1. brick
  2. (card games) diamonds

Inflection edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “აგური”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 194b

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒅇𒆪𒊒𒌝 (Ù.KU.RU.UM /⁠agurru, ukurru⁠/),[1][2] the immediate source of borrowing probably being Persian آگور (âgur, burned brick)[3][4] (or most probably its Middle Persian antecedent).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

აგური (aguri)

  1. brick

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 268
  2. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 35-36
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ագուռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 79a
  4. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 142