ეშვი

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Etymology

From Old Georgian ეშვი (ešvi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ešw- (wild boar, pig). Cognate with Mingrelian ოსქუ (osku, pigsty).

Possibly Georgian იშელი (išeli, pigsty) also belongs to this word family (Fähnrich, 2007).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eʃvi/, [eʃʷi]
  • Hyphenation: ეშ‧ვი

Noun

ეშვი (ešvi) (plural ეშვები)

  1. fang

Inflection

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References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 152

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ešw- (wild boar, pig). Cognate with Mingrelian ოსქუ (osku, pigsty).

Noun

ეშვი (ešvi)

  1. wild boar

Descendants

  • Georgian: ეშვი (ešvi)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 152