რვა

Georgian

Georgian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : რვა (rva)     Ordinal : მერვე (merve)

Etymology

From Old Georgian რვა (rva), from Proto-Kartvelian *arwa- (“eight”), borrowed from Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ-; see below. Cognate with Mingrelian რუო (ruo), Laz ოვრო (ovro) and Svan არა (ara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rvɑ/

Numeral

რვა • (rva)

1. (cardinal) eight

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *arwa-, borrowed from Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ- (“four”), whence also Arabic أَرْبَعَة‏ (ʾarbaʿa, “four”), Hebrew ארבע‏ (“four”), Akkadian [script needed] (arbā, “eight”) and Akkadian [script needed] (arba, “four”).

Numeral

რვა • (rva)

1. (cardinal) eight

Descendants

• Georgian: რვა (rva)