მახვარი

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Mingrelian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Abkhaz амахәар (amaxʷar).[1] Similarity with Georgian მხარი (mxari) is accidental.

Noun

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მახვარი (maxvari)

  1. arm from shoulder to wrist

References

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  1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 40 of 25–76

Further reading

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მახვარი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 831
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მახვარი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 278b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მახვარი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN