Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian პირი (ṗiri), from Proto-Kartvelian *ṗir-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pʼiri/, [pʼiɾi]
  • Hyphenation: პი‧რი

Noun edit

პირი (ṗiri) (plural პირები)

  1. mouth (opening in the face)
  2. face
    პირზე იმედიანი ღიმილი უთამაშებდა.
    ṗirze imediani ɣimili utamašebda.
    A hopeful smile was dancing on her (his) face.
  3. person, individual
    იურიდიული პირიiuridiuli ṗirijuridical person
    ფიზიკური პირიpiziḳuri ṗirinatural person
  4. agreement
  5. unity, practice of helping each other
  6. will
  7. copy
  8. surface
  9. (of tissue, leather etc.) either side
  10. edge
  11. row
  12. end hole of a barrel, from which a projectile is discharged
  13. (of time) start
    საღამოს პირიsaɣamos ṗirithe start of evening
  14. (grammar) person

Inflection edit

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Synonyms edit

Antonyms edit

Meronyms edit

  • (mouth): ტუჩი (ṭuči)
  • (face): პირი (ṗiri)

Holonyms edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Mingrelian edit

Noun edit

პირი (ṗiri)

  1. Alternative form of პეული (ṗeuli)

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *ṗir-. The root is პ- (ṗ-). Georgian -ირ- (-ir-) and Mingrelian -იჯ- (-iǯ-) are determiner suffixes. Compare cognates: Mingrelian პიჯი (ṗiǯi), Laz პიჯი (p̌ici) and Svan პილ (ṗil, lip)

Noun edit

პირი (ṗiri)

  1. face, countenance
  2. lip
  3. muzzle, snout
  4. job of some kind
  5. blade, sharp edge of a weapon
  6. edge

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: პირი (ṗiri)

References edit

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 371
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 150
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 331
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “პირი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 339
  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008