ბა̈რყუ̂ენ

Svan
ბა̈რყუ̂ენ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Either inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *berq̇en- or borrowed from Georgian ბერყენა (berq̇ena, “willow-leaved pear (Pyrus salicifolia)”).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

ბა̈რყუ̂ენ • (bärq̇ûen) (plural ბა̈რყუ̂ენა̈რ)

  1. cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera)

Further reading
  • Dondua, K. D. (2001), “ბა̈რყუ̂ენ”, in Svansko-gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ (Lašxskij dialekt) [Svan-Georgian-Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologičeskaja biblioteka; 6), Revised and prepared for publication by Oniani A., Tbilisi: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, page 41b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ბა̈რყუ̂ენ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 64b
  • Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*berq̇en-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages, compares to Proto-North-Caucasian *pĭrq_wĂ
  • Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 282―283, same comparison as above.
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ბარყუ̂ენდ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 294

References
  1. Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, pages 32, 135
  2. Климов, Г. А. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 54
  3. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12
  4. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 60
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