შხვართი

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Mingrelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *šxwert-. Doublet of შხვერთი (šxverti). Cognate with Georgian შხვერთი (šxverti, elegant, slender, flexible; wicker, cane).[1][2]

Adjective

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შხვართი (šxvarti)

  1. straight, flexible
  2. (Of person) slender, tall
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Descendants

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  • Georgian: შხვართი (šxvarti, elegant, slender) (Gurian dialect)

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 254
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 537

Further reading

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  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შხვართი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1684