ნახშირი

Georgian

Lump of ნახშირი

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნაჴშირი (naqširi), ნაყშირი (naq̇širi), possibly from Proto-Georgian-Zan *na-qšir- (coal); see Old Georgian for more. Cognate with Mingrelian ნოშქვერი (noškveri), ნოშქერი (noškeri) and Laz ნოშქერი (noşkeri), ნოშქეი (noşkei).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naxʃiri/, [naχʃiɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ნახ‧ში‧რი

Noun

ნახშირი • (naxširi) (uncountable)

  1. coal
  2. carbon

Inflection

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Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ნახშირი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 21a
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