საყვირი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian საყჳრი (saq̇wiri), possibly from სა- (sa-) + the root of ყვირის (q̇viris, yell), hence "device for yelling".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saqʼviri/, [saχʼʷiɾi]
  • Hyphenation: საყ‧ვი‧რი

Noun

საყვირი • (saq̇viri) (plural საყვირები)

  1. trumpet

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “საყვირი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 376
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