Bats edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Old Armenian թուր (tʿur).[1][2]

Noun edit

თურ (tur)[3]

  1. sabre, shashka

References edit

  1. ^ Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 119
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “թուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 209a
  3. ^ Kadagiʒe, Davit; Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984), “თურ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press

Further reading edit

  • Ḳaḳašvili, Diana (2022), “თურ”, in C̣ovatušur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Bats-Georgian dictionary] (Ḳavḳasiur-kartuli leksiḳonebi; II), Tbilisi, page 89