Etymology

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Unknown. Compare Old Georgian თირკუმელი (tirḳumeli).

Noun

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დირკუ (dirǩu) (Latin spelling dirǩu)

  1. kidney (an organ in the body)
    Synonym: ბუმბურეღი (bumbureği)

Further reading

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  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “დირკუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • “dirǩu”, in Lazca Sözlük / Lazuri Nenapuna [Laz Dictionary]‎[2] (in Turkish), Laz Enstitüsü, 2016–2018