შხური

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁xwar-, from *c₁xow- (“animate, alive”). Cognate with Laz ჩხური (çxuri) and Georgian ცხვარი (cxvari).

Noun

შხური • (šxuri)

  1. sheep

References
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “შხური”, 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
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