ბჷნლე̄თ

Svan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *ბჷნ (*bən, dark) +‎ ლე̄თ (lēt, night). *ბჷნ (*bən), which is preserved only as part of this word, goes back to Proto-Kartvelian *bun-.

Noun

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ბჷნლე̄თ (bənlēt)

  1. dark night

Further reading

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  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ბჷნლე̄თ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 333