Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ბერი (beri), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ber-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beri/, [b̥eɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ბე‧რი

Noun

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ბერი (beri) (plural ბერები)

  1. monk

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბერი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 291–293, despite Androniḳašvili and Marr, the word has nothing to do with Middle Persian [script needed] (pyl /⁠pīr⁠/, old, aged, ancient)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بری (beri).

Postposition

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ბერი (beri) (Latin spelling beri) (Batumi)

  1. (+ ablative) since
    Synonym: დონი (doni)
    სობას მჭკონიში დიშქა დოლო(ვ)ობღაში ბორუშენ ბერი იმჭითანენ.
    sobas mç̌ǩonişi dişka dolo(v)obğaşi boruşen beri imç̌itanen.
    When I fill the stove with oak wood, it's been toasting since the pipe.

Further reading

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

Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ber-.

Noun

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ბერი (beri)

  1. monk

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ბერი (beri)
  • Mingrelian: ბერი (beri)
  • Svan: ბერ (ber)

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[3] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 31a