Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian შაშჳ (šašwi).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʃvi/, [ʃaʃʷi]
  • Hyphenation: შაშ‧ვი

Noun edit

შაშვი (šašvi) (plural შაშვები)

  1. thrush (Turdidae)

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Bezhta: шашу (šašu, swallow)
  • Udi: ч̍ач̍у (č̍ač̍u)

Further reading edit

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შაშვი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “შაშვი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 408a