Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian მყარი (mq̇ari).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mqʼari/, [mχʼaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: მყა‧რი

Adjective edit

მყარი (mq̇ari) (comparative უფრო მყარი, superlative ყველაზე მყარი)

  1. solid, hard, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, stony, sure-footed, cast-iron
  2. unyielding

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Old Georgian edit

Adjective edit

მყარი (mq̇ari)

  1. hard, solid, firm

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: მყარი (mq̇ari)

Further reading edit

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მყარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 304a
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 251
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 127