ჩხური

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xwar-, from *c₁xow- (“animate, alive”). Cognate with Mingrelian შხური (šxuri) and Georgian ცხვარი (cxvari).

Noun

ჩხური • (č’xuri)

  1. sheep

References

  • Marr, N. (1910), “ჩხური”, in Grammatika čanskago (lazskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
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