რვა

Georgian
Georgian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : რვა (rva)
    Ordinal : მერვე (merve)

Etymology

From Old Georgian რვა (rva), from Proto-Kartvelian *arwa- (“eight”), borrowed from Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ-; see below. Cognate with Mingrelian რუო (ruo), Laz ოვრო (ovro) and Svan არა (ara).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rvɑ/

Numeral

რვა • (rva)

  1. eight

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *arwa-, borrowed from Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ- (“four”), whence also Arabic أَرْبَعَة‎ (ʾarbaʿa, “four”), Hebrew ארבע‎ (“four”), and Akkadian 𒐼 (arba, “four”).

Numeral

რვა • (rva)

  1. eight

Descendants
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