ქუჲრი

Bats

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ქორი (kori).[1][2] For development, compare Bats ყუჲჩი̂ (q̇uyčî) ← Georgian ყოჩი (q̇oči, “ram”); Bats ბუჲტი̂ (buyṭî, “billy-goat”) ← Georgian ბოტი (boṭi); Bats კუჲმში̂ (ḳuymšî, “quince”) ← Georgian კომში (ḳomši).[2]

Noun

ქუჲრი̂ (kuyrî)

  1. northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

References
  1. Климов, Г. А.; Халилов, М. Ш. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 432
  2. Bertlani, Arsen (2012) Tušuri enis poneṭiḳa da ponologia [Phonetics and phonology of Bats] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 432–433

Further reading
  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940), “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volume V-VI, Tbilisi, page 618
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