ოქორთურა

Laz

Etymology

Related to ქორთურა (kortura, “Georgia”). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, “Georgia”) and Megrelian საქორთუო (sakortuo, “Georgia”). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.

Proper noun

ოქორთურა • (okortura)

Georgia (a country in the Caucasus)
Synonyms: ქორთოლონა (kortolona), ოქორთუე (okortue)

Further reading

Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ოქორთურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

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