ცხოვარი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xwar-, from *c₁xow-. Cognate with Old Armenian ոչխար (očʻxar).

Noun

ცხოვარი • (cxovari)

1. livestock

Descendants

• Georgian: ცხვარი (cxvari)

References

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 606
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 275
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ცხოვარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 521