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ბოლნური ჯვარი - Bolnisi cross

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Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ჯუარი (ǯuari), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ǯwar-. Cognate with Mingrelian ჯგუნჯგი (ǯgunǯgi, spike) and Laz მზგუჯი (mzguci, stake, post). For the semantic shift compare Old Armenian խաչ (xačʻ, cross ← *stake, *stick).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒvari/, [d͡ʒʷaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ჯვა‧რი

Noun edit

ჯვარი (ǯvari) (plural ჯვრები)

  1. cross
  2. (Christianity) cross
  3. (card games) clubs
    ჯვრის გადასვლა
    ǯvris gadasvla
    to lead clubs
  4. (dialectal, Khevsureti) heathen god that served as patron to a certain family or tribe
    1. Sacred place dedicated to a heathen god, where Khevsurians worship

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References edit

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 343

Further reading edit

  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჯორ”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 404a
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ჟორ”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[2] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 56a