Bats edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Old Armenian թուր (tʻur).[1][2]

Noun edit

თურ (tur)[3]

  1. sabre, shashka

References edit

  1. ^ Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 119
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 209a
  3. ^ Kadagiʒe, Davit, Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984) “თურ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press

Further reading edit

  • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022) “თურ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 89