საყუარელი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *q̇war-. However, if Svan ლილყუ̂ირ (lilq̇ûir) is not from the same source, the protoform belongs in the Proto-Georgian-Zan stage.

Noun

საყუარელი • (saq̇uareli)

  1. friend

Adjective

საყუარელი • (saq̇uareli)

  1. lovable, favourite, dearly, beloved

Descendants

References
  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 534
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 512
  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “საყუარელი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 239
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