კვირა

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კჳრაჲ (ḳwiray), კჳრიაკჱ (ḳwiriaḳē), from Koine Greek Κυριακή (Kuriakḗ, Sunday).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼvira/, [kʼʷiɾa]
  • Hyphenation: კვი‧რა

Noun

კვირა • (ḳvira) (uncountable)

  1. (countable) week
  2. Sunday

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bats: კვირაჸო̆ (ḳviraʾŏ), კუჲრაჸო̆ (ḳuyraʾŏ)
  • Chechen: кӏира (kʼira)
  • Ingush: кӏира (kʼira)
  • Ossetian: къуӕре (k’wære), къуыри́ (k’°yrí)

See also

  • კვირიაკე (ḳviriaḳe)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիւրակէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 598
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 652–653
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