ღვია

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ɣwi- (“juniper”), borrowed from Proto-Armenian *gʷi-, whence գի (gi). The same sound development is seen in another possible early Armenism in Kartvelian: ღვინო (ɣvino).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁvɪɑ/

Noun

ღვია • (ɣvia) (plural ღვიები)

  1. juniper tree

Descendants
  • Bats: ღვიე ხე (ɣvie xe)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 627
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 212
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