ნოშქვერი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Georgian ნახშირი (naxširi) and Laz ნოშქერი (noşkeri), ნოშქეი (noşkei).

From Proto-Georgian-Zan; see Old Georgian ნაჴშირი (naqširi) for more.

Noun

ნოშქვერი • (noškveri)

  1. coal
    ნოშქერჯგურა უჩა თოლეფი
    noškerǯgura uča tolepi
    Eyes as black as coal

Derived terms
  • ნოშქერწკურია (noškerc̣ḳuria)

References
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნოშქვერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1059
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