სერი

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ɾi]
• Hyphenation: სე‧რი

Etymology 1

According to Ačaṙean, from Old Armenian սար (sar, “mountain”).

Noun

სერი • (seri) (plural სერები)

1. hill

See also

• მთა (mta)
• გორაკი (goraḳi)
• გორა (gora)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “սար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 183b
• Čubinov, David (1840), “სერი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 454b

Etymology 2

From Old Georgian სერი (seri, “supper”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ser- (“evening, night”). Cognate with Mingrelian სერი (seri, “night”), Laz სერი (seri, “night”), Mingrelian ო-სარ-ე (o-sar-e, “shirt, *nightshirt”).

Ultimately perhaps from Hurrian 𒊺𒂊𒊑 (še-e-ri /⁠šeri⁠/, “evening”), itself likely a modified semantic sense derived from Akkadian 𒊺𒂊𒊑 (še-e-ri /⁠šeri⁠/, “morning, the morning watch, the latest last hours of the night; later on, in the future”), corresponding to Arabic سَحَر (saḥar, “dawn”).

Noun

სერი • (seri) (plural სერები)

1. feast

See also

• სერობა (seroba)
• ზადიკი (zadiḳi)
• ლხინი (lxini)
• სუფრა (supra)
• ქეიფი (keipi)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “սէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 210a, deriving from Old Armenian սէր (sēr, “agape, love feast”)
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938), Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 200–201
• Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 399
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 362–363
• Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940), “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 607 of 575–632, compares Chechen суьйре (süüre, “evening”), Ingush сайре (sajre), Bats ფსარ-ლო̄ (psar-lō), Avar сордо (sordo, “night”)
• Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*śwĔrV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “სერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 387
• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825), “სერი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[3], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1993), “სერი”, in I. Abulaʒe, editor, Leksiḳoni kartuli [Georgian dictionary]‎^[4] (in Georgian), volume II, compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Merani, →ISBN, page 82b

Laz

Alternative forms

• სერ (ser), სეჲი (seyi), სეი (sei) — alternative spellings

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ser- (“evening, night”). See Georgian სერი (seri) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ(ɹ)i/, /ˈsɛɾi/
• Hyphenation: სე‧რი

Noun

სერი • (seri) (plural სერეფე, Latin spelling seri)

1. night

   სერი დიჲუ. ჩონა ვა-მიღუნან. ამა თუთა შკუ მითანამან

   seri diyu. çona va-miğunan. ama tuta şǩu mitanaman

   It's night. We have no light. But the moon illuminates us

Derived terms

• ისერენ (iseren)
• სერი დიჲენ (seri diyen)
• სერიგვერდი (serigverdi)
• სერიმჭუმალე (serimç̌umale)
• სერნდღალერიზ (serndğaleriz)
• ჰამსერი (hamseri)
• ჰამსერინერი (hamserineri)

References

• Adjarian, H. (1898), “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 385
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 833
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “seri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[5] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910), “სერი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 183b
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999), Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 307
• Rosen, Georg (1844), Über die Sprache der Lazen, Lemgo und Detmold: Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, page 33b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “სერი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[6], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ser- (“evening, night”). See Georgian სერი (seri) for more.

Noun

სერი • (seri) (plural სერეფი)

1. night

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “სერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1304