ოქორთურა

Laz

Etymology

Related to ქორთურა (kortura, “Georgia”). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, “Georgia”) and Megrelian საქორთუო (sakortuo, “Georgia”). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.

Proper noun

ოქორთურა • (okortura)

  1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonyms: ქორთოლონა (kortolona), ოქორთუე (okortue)

Further reading
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოქორთურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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