ღვია

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Georgian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Kartvelian *ɣwi- (“juniper”), borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Armenian *gʷi-, whence գի (gi). The same sound development is seen in another possible early Armenism in Kartvelian: ღვინო (ɣvino).

Pronunciation

Noun

ღვია • (ɣvia) (plural ღვიები)

  1. juniper tree

Descendants

  • Bats: ღვიე ხე (ɣvie xe)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 627
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 212
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