ცხჳრი

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Old Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xwir-. It has also been suggested that the term is related to რცხვენა (rcxvena), შერცხვენილი (šercxvenili, ashamed) due to phonetic and semantic connections.

Noun[edit]

ცხჳრი (cxwiri)

  1. nose
  2. snout, muzzle

Descendants[edit]

  • Georgian: ცხვირი (cxviri)

Further reading[edit]

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ცხჳრი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 522