შუ̂ა̈ნ

Svan

Alternative forms

• შუ̂ან (šûan)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan-.

Proper noun

შუ̂ა̈ნ • (šûän)

1. Svaneti

Derived terms

• მუშუ̂ა̈ნ (mušûän)
• ლუშნუ (lušnu)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “შუ̂ა̈ნ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 337a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “შუ̂ა̈ნ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1848