ნიორი

Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნიორი (niori), borrowed from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Lak нур (nur, a kind of weed with edible root), Tabasaran нюгьр-ер pl (njuhr-er, mint), Tsakhur нуъйе (nuʔjä, mint) etc. and see the Lak entry for more.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niori/, [nioɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ნი‧ო‧რი

Noun

ნიორი • (niori) (plural ნივრები)

  1. garlic

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Laz: ლერი (leri)
  • Mingrelian: ნიორი (niori)
  • Iron Ossetian: нуры (nury)
  • Svan: ნიუ̂რა (niûra), ნიორა̈ (niorä)

References

  1. Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ნიორი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 27b
  2. Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ნიორი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 28b
  3. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*miɦwVrV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, the Lak term being connected to the Georgian in Abajev, V. I. (1979) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 193

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ნიორი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ნიორი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ნიორი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 260
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