ღუჰ

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Svan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *ɣu-.[1] Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

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ღუჰ (ɣuh)

  1. owl
    Synonym: ღორღოლ (ɣorɣol)

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 236

Further reading

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  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ღუჰ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1789