ოქრო

Georgian

ოქრო

Etymology

From Old Georgian ოქრო (okro), ოქროჲ (okroy), from Proto-Kartvelian *okro- (gold). Cognate with Mingrelian ორქო (orko), Laz ოქრო (okro) and Svan უ̂ოქუ̂რ (ûokûr), უ̂ოქრ (ûokr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔkʰrɔ/
  • Hyphenation: ოქ‧რო

Noun

ოქრო (okro) (plural ოქროები)

  1. gold
  2. (dated) silver; money

Inflection

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Derived terms


Old Georgian

Alternative forms

  • ოქროჲ (okroy)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *okro- (gold).

Alternatively, the word may derive from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, pale, wan; pale-yellow, sallow; yolk; colour yellow) and the cognates may be ancient borrowings from Georgian.

Noun

ოქრო (okro)

  1. gold
  2. silver, money

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ოქრო”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 335
  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kartvelʹskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 151
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