ჰებრა

Svan

Alternative forms

• ჲებრა (yebra), ებრა (ebra)

Etymology

From ჰებ (heb, “cherry”) +‎ -რა (-ra, “plant, tree designation”). The ultimate origin is unknown.

Noun

ჰებრა • (hebra)

1. cherry (tree and fruit)
2. cherry tree's log, timber

Further reading

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჰებრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 2005
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ბალი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 305, citing phonetic agreement derives from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣₁ab- (“chestnut”), he however describes the shift in meaning problematic
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 726, derives from Proto-Kartvelian *Leb-, whence Laz ჭაბუ (ç̌abu, “white mistletoe”) which is rather akin to Svan ჭა̈ბ (č̣äb)