Georgian

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Etymology

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From Middle Georgian არავი (aravi), from Old Armenian հարաւ (haraw).

Adjective

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არავი (aravi)

  1. (obsolete) southern
  2. (obsolete) (of wind) warm

Noun

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არავი (aravi) (plural არავები)

  1. (obsolete) southern (warm) wind

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հարաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Marr, N. (1917) “Грузинская поэма “Витязь в барсовой шкуре” Шоты из Рустава и новая культурно-историческая проблема. I. Племенная среда [Shota Rustaveli's Georgian poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" and a new cultural-historical problem. I. The ethnic environment]”, in Известия Академии наук[1] (in Russian), volume XI, number 7, Petrograd: Academy Press, page 444 of 415–446
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 393
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “არავი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 29