მოვი

Georgian

Etymology

Uncertain. See English moff for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /movi/
  • Hyphenation: მო‧ვი

Noun

მოვი • (movi) (plural მოვები)

  1. (dated, Tbilisi, Kartli, Kiziqi, Khevi) soft silk fabric for shirtmaking, a moff

Descendants
  • →? Armenian: մով (mov), մովի (movi)

Further reading
  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “მოვი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎, prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, pages 155–156
  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “მოვი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎, London: Garnett Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “მოვი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 369a
  • Čubinov, David (1887) “მოვი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 793
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