ალავერდი

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaverdi/
  • Hyphenation: ალა‧ვერ‧დი

Noun

ალავერდი (alaverdi) (plural ალავერდები)

  1. A feast tradition in Georgia, when the tamada chooses a man from the table, who is granted the right to speak right after the tamada and is supposed to elaborate on the toast.
Inflection
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Proper noun

ალავერდი (alaverdi)

  1. Alaverdi Monastery

Etymology 2

Compare Middle Armenian առուոյտ (aṙuoyt, alfalfa).

Alternative forms

  • ალავერდა (alaverda) Eastern dialects

Noun

ალავერდი (alaverdi) (plural ალავერდები)

  1. (Meskheti) alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
    Synonym: იონჯა (ionǯa)

Further reading

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