ქიფური

Mingrelian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Related to Russian кефир (kefir).

Noun

ქიფური • (kipuri)

  1. a kind of fermented milk product prepared in skin vessel

References
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქიფური”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 344b

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