ბავშვი

Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A word unattested in Middle or Old Georgian. Akin to Mingrelian ბოში (boši). According to Javakhishvili, from the root of the verb შობს (šobs) (whence also შვა (šva), შვილი (švili)) and the prefix ბა- (ba-) which expresses young age of a living being. Compare Georgian ბაღანა (baɣana) and Laz ბოზო (bozo).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bavʃvi/, [b̥afʃʷi]
  • Hyphenation: ბავ‧შვი

Noun edit

ბავშვი (bavšvi) (plural ბავშვები)

  1. baby, child

Inflection edit

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See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Ǯavaxišvili, Ivane (1937) Kartveli eris isṭoriis šesavali. Ṭomi 2. Kartuli da ḳavḳasiuri enebis tavdaṗirveli buneba da natesaoba [Introduction to the history of the Georgian nation. Volume II. The original structure and relations of Caucasian and Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 198–199