ნა̈ბუზ

Svan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From ნა- (na-) +‎ ბა̄ზი (bāzi). Further origin unknown. The similarity with Proto-Nakh *bujsa (night) is most likely accidental.

Noun edit

ნა̈ბუზ (näbuz) (plural ნა̈ბზუ̂ა̈რ)

  1. evening

References edit

  • Topuria, Varlam (1938) “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan: ne-, ni-, na- ṗrepiksebisatvis”, in Ṭpilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi[1] (in Georgian), volume VII, Tiflis, page 92 of 83–92

Further reading edit

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ნა̈ბუზ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 239a
  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 594 of 575–632
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ნა̈ბუზ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 240a
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “საღამო”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 174b
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ნა̈ბუზ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1398