ხვრელი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ჴურელი (qureli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qwr-el- (hole, slit), a derivative of Proto-Kartvelian *qwer- ~ *qwr- (to make holes) (cf. ხვრეტს (xvreṭs)) with the *-el suffix. Cognate with Mingrelian ხურუ (xuru, ravine).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /xvreli/, [χʷɾeli]
  • Hyphenation: ხვრე‧ლი

Noun edit

ხვრელი (xvreli) (plural ხვრელები)

  1. hole, pore

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ხვრელი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 338
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 711