წარაფი

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”).

Noun

წარაფი • (c̣arapi) (plural წარაფები)

1. tall bushes, shrubs, scrub

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ծառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “წარაფი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences