ფარი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ფარი (pari).[1] An Iranian borrowing. Compare Old Armenian պահ (pah, watch, guard) and Middle Persian 𐫛𐫀𐫍𐫡 (pʾhr /⁠pāhr⁠/, watch-post).

Additionally, however, Klimov considers, that ფარავს (paravs, to cover), ფარული (paruli, hidden) and others are instead descendants of Proto-Kartvelian *par- ~ *pr- (to cover).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰari/, [pʰaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ფა‧რი

Noun

ფარი • (pari) (plural ფარები)

  1. shield

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ფარ-ხმალი (par-xmali)
  • ფარიანი (pariani)

Descendants

  • Bats: ფარ (par)

References

  1. Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ფარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 436
  2. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 197
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