Laz edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Mingrelian კიფი (ḳipi), Adyghe кӏэп (kʼɛp), Kabardian щӏэп (śʼɛp). See also Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun edit

კერფი (ǩerpi) (plural კერფეფე)

  1. cannabis

References edit

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 43
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “კერფი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo