ალავერდი

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaverdi/, [aɫaveɾdi]
  • 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.
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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

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առուոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265b
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ალავერდი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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