მწკოლი

Laz

Alternative forms

• მწკო (mǯǩo) — Khopa, Arkabi, Vitse

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣q̇a(w)- or possibly Proto-Kartvelian *mc̣q̇aw-.

Noun

მწკოლი • (mǯǩoli) (plural მწკოლეფე) (Arkabi)

1. cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) (the cultivated form)

   Synonyms: მწუ (mǯu), (the wild form) პოზი (p̌ozi)

Derived terms

• მწკორდერი (mǯǩorderi)
• ღომწკო (ğomǯǩo)

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 228
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მწკო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მწკოლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “mǯǩo”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 36