ფშქველა

Laz

Alternative forms

• მშქველა (mşkvela)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pšal-. Doublet of ფშალი (pşali).

Noun

ფშქველა • (pşkvela) (plural ფშქველეფე)

1. black alder (Alnus glutinosa)

   Synonym: თხომუ (txomu)

Further reading

• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “mşkvela”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 32
• Marr, N. (1910) “ფშქველა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 195b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფშქველა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi