ბევრი
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Georgian ბევრი (bevri).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Adjectival declension of ბევრი
ბევრი • (bevri) (comparative უფრო ბევრი, superlative ყველაზე ბევრი)
Antonyms edit
- ცოტა (coṭa)
Derived terms edit
- ბევრ-ბევრი (bevr-bevri)
See also edit
Old Georgian edit
Etymology edit
According to Ačaṙyan, from Old Armenian բեւր (bewr). But according to Abaev, a borrowing from Alanic should not be excluded (note Digor Ossetian беурӕ (bewræ)). In any case, ultimately from Iranian; see Proto-Iranian *baywā́.
Adjective edit
ბევრი • (bevri)
Numeral edit
ბევრი • (bevri)
- ten thousand
See also edit
References edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 453ab
- 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, page 262
- Čubinov, David (1887) “ბევრი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary][1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 103a
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ბევრი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries][2], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბევრი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press