გავა

Georgian

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian գաւակ (gawak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡava/, [ɡ̊ava]

Noun

გავა • (gava) (plural გავები)

  1. breech, croup, crupper

Declension

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւակ”, 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 527
  • Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 247 of 233–270
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