Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian კჳრაჲ (ḳwiray), კჳრიაკჱ (ḳwiriaḳē), from Koine Greek Κυριακή (Kuriakḗ, Sunday).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʼvira/, [kʼʷiɾa]
  • Hyphenation: კვი‧რა

Noun edit

კვირა (ḳvira) (uncountable)

  1. (countable) week
  2. Sunday

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիւրակէ”, 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 598
  • 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 652–653