აფთარი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian აფთარი (aptari), borrowed from a Middle Iranian cognate of Persian کفتار (kaftâr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apʰtʰari/, [apʰtʰaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: აფ‧თა‧რი
  • (file)

Noun

აფთარი • (aptari) (plural აფთრები)

  1. hyena

Inflection

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Synonyms

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “აფთარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 11
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2000) “Irano-Turcica: Weitere iranische Elemente im Türkeitürkischen”, in Folia Orientalia (in German), volume 36, Kraków, § 5, page 39
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