ცხჳრი

Old Georgian

Etymology

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

ცხჳრი • (cxwiri)

  1. nose
  2. snout, muzzle

Descendants
  • Georgian: ცხვირი (cxviri)

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