ოფი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ոփի (opʿi).

Noun

ოფი • (opi) (plural ოფები)

  1. black poplar, Populus nigra
    Synonyms: ნერგი თეთრი (nergi tetri), თეთრი ნერგი (tetri nergi), სკვილენჯი (sḳvilenǯi), სპილენძი (sṗilenʒi), სუროჯი (suroǯi)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ոփի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 620a
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “ოფი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota sakartvelo
  • Witczak, K. T. (1999), “Armenian op‘i ‘white poplar, Populus alba L.’ and the development of *ps in Armenian”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics‎, issue 12, page 66
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