ქიფური

Mingrelian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Related to Russian кефир (kefir).

Noun

ქიფური • (kipuri)

  1. a kind of fermented milk product prepared in skin vessel

References

  • Kipšidze, I. (1910), “ქიფური”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 344b

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