ოქორთურა

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Etymology

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Related to ქორთურა (kortura, Georgia). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, Georgia) and Megrelian საქორთუო (sakortuo, Georgia). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.

Proper noun

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ოქორთურა (okortura)

  1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonyms: ქორთოლონა (kortolona), ოქორთუე (okortue)

Further reading

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  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოქორთურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi