Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آوجی (avcı).

Noun

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ავჯი (avci) (Latin spelling avci)

  1. hunter
    კატუჩქუნი კაჲი ავჯი რენ. კინჩიზ ნოტკობუნ დო თუდე გეხთაში ღრაფ ჲა დო მეჭოფუმს.
    ǩaťuçkuni ǩayi avci ren. ǩinçiz noťǩobun do tude gextaşi ğrap ya do meç̌opums.
    Our cat is a good hunter. He hides and waits for the bird and when it lands, he catches it in a instant.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “avci”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ავჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi