ჩხურუშტ

Svan

ჩხურუშტ

Alternative forms

• ჩხჷრჷშტ (čxərəšṭ), ჩხჷრუშთ (čxərušt), ჩხჷრიშთ (čxərišt), ჩხირუ̂შთ (čxirûšt)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *čxartw-.

Noun

ჩხურუშტ • (čxurušṭ)

1. mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Further reading

• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ჩხართვი”, 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 227a