ზურა

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Laz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *zur(a)- (female). For the second meaning see English bitch.

Adjective

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ზურა (zura) (Latin spelling zura)

  1. female (of mammals)
    Synonym: ბოზო- (bozo-)
    ზურა ჯოღორი
    zura coğori
    female dog
  2. (slang, offensive) someone having sexual intercourse with many men
    ზურა ხორძა
    zura xorża
    whore
    ზურა კოჩი
    zura ǩoçi
    faggot

Noun

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ზურა (zura) (Latin spelling zura, plural ზურაფე)

  1. female (of mammals)
  2. she-dog, bitch
    Synonym: წუნა (ǯuna)
  3. (slang, offensive) whore, prostitute, bitch
    Synonyms: ოროსფი (orospi), წურაკა (ǯuraǩa)
    ზურა სტერი იქთენ
    zura sťeri ikten
    She is walking around like a bitch

See also

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  • დადული (daduli, female (of fish, insects, plants and animals with wings))

Further reading

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  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 400
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 341
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ზურა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 145b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ზურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *zur(a)- (female).

Noun

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ზურა (zura) (plural ზურეფი)

  1. coward

Further reading

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ზურა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 572
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ზურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN