ორო

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ar- (“shadow, shady place”).[1][2] Cognate with Svan მა-ჰა̄რ-ა (ma-hār-a, “shady place”).

Noun

ორო • (oro) (plural ოროეფი)

  1. shadow
  2. ghost, phantom
    Synonym: ლანდი (landi)

Further reading
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ორო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1126

References
  1. Čuxua, Merab (2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Comparative Dictionary of Kartvelian Language-Dialects] (in Georgian), Tbilisi, page 422
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37
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