ნწარი

Laz

Alternative forms

წარი (ǯari) – Khopa

Etymology

From Old Armenian ձար (jar).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnt͡sʼɑ(ɹ)i/
Hyphenation: ნწა‧რი

Noun

ნწარი • (nǯari) (Latin spelling nǯari) (Vitse–Arkabi)

tail hair (of horses, cows etc.)
ფედერიქ ცხენი კუდელი ნწარიში ზაჲტა იქომს
pederik ʒxeni ǩudeli nǯarişi zayťa ikoms
My father is making a kamancheh from horsetail hair

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ձար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 147b

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “n3ʼari”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ნწაი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi glossed as ძუა (ʒua)

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