ჰადრა

Svan

Rhododendron luteum

Alternative forms

  • ადრა (adra)

Etymology

From ჰად- (had-, pontic azalea) + -რა (-ra, plant, tree designation). The reconstruction of the root varies by source:

  • According to Klimov, from Proto-Kartvelian *ad- (pontic azalea). Cognate with Mingrelian ოდ-იშ-ი (od-iš-i, Odiši, a traditional name of Mingrelia), for which compare Svan ჰად-იშ (had-iš, toponym in Svaneti).[1]
  • According to Čuxua, from ჰად-, ად- (had-, ad-) < *ჲად- (*yad-) < *ჲალ- (*yal-) < *იალ- (*ial-), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *ial- (pontic azalea), cognate with Georgian იელი (ieli) and Mingrelian იოლი (ioli). For დ < *ლ (d < *l) he compares: Svan ქუდა (kuda, flock of scutched cotton), Georgian ქულა (kula, id.); Svan ჯუ̂იდ (ǯûid, wax), Georgian ცვილი (cvili, id.); Svan შედ- (šed-, help), Georgian შველა (švela, id.); Svan დჷბჟჷ (dəbžə, someone turned stupid; low-quality, worthless, useless), Mingrelian ლობჟო (lobžo, stupid, blockhead); Svan ზად (zad, yeast), Mingrelian ზელი (zeli, dough); etc. However the relation of the Svan root to Georgian and Mingrelian is rejected by Fähnrich.[2][3]

Noun

ჰადრა (hadra)

  1. yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea, pontic azalea (Rhododendron luteum)

Derived terms

  • ჰადიშ (hadiš, toponym in Svaneti)

See also

  • ზიშხორა (zišxora)
  • შგო̄რი (šgōri)

Further reading

  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), ჰადრა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1997

References

  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 1
  2. Čuxua, Merab (2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Comparative Dictionary of Kartvelian Language-Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 423
  3. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 213
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