ავლა
Laz
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Pontic Greek αυλή (avlí), Derived from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ).
Noun
editავლა • (avla) (Latin spelling avla) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse)
- field in front of the house, garden in front of the house
- ავლაშკიმი მსხული, ომბრი ართი ლუღი ჯერენ.
- avlaşǩimi msxuli, ombri arti luği ceren.
- Pears, plums and figs are planted in the my courtyard.
Usage notes
edit- plural forms are regular ავლა --> ავლაფე (avla --> avlape), and ავლი --> აველეფე (avli --> avelepe). But for the plural of ავლა (avla), ავლეფე (avlepe) is also used.
- In Turkish-speaking Laz, the term "avlu" is used as the equivalent of the Laz word ავლა/ავლი (avla/avli). It is not generally used in the standard Turkish sense of "an open space in the center of a building".
Further reading
edit- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “avla”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ავლა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi