აგარა

Georgian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Georgian აგარაკი (agaraḳi), from Old Armenian ագարակ (agarak). For the development of the ending compare Georgian დანა (dana) beside დანაკი (danaḳi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡara/, [aɡaɾa]

Noun

აგარა • (agara) (plural აგარები)

1. dacha, country house

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ագարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 77b
• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “აგარა”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 64–65, footnote 2