მწყერი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian, attested as მწყერ-მარჴილი (mc̣q̇er-marqili), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁qar-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mt͡sʼqʼeri/, [mt͡sʼχʼeɾi]
  • Hyphenation: მწყე‧რი

Noun

მწყერი • (mc̣q̇eri) (plural მწყრები)

  1. quail

Inflection

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Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “მწყერი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მწყერ-მარჴილი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 312
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