ყრუ

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ყრუ (q̇ru), ყრუჲ (q̇ruy), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur-u-, from *q̇ur- (ear) (whence also ყური (q̇uri)). Cognates include Laz ყუჯა (q̇uǯa, deaf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʼru/

Noun

ყრუ (q̇ru) (plural ყრუები)

  1. deaf person
  2. Used to address a person who does not respond to someone

Inflection

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Adjective

ყრუ • (q̇ru) (comparative უფრო ყრუ, superlative ყველაზე ყრუ)

  1. deaf
  2. (figuratively, of village, country etc.) unpopulated
  3. (figuratively, of village, country etc.) retarded
  4. (figuratively, of voice) deep, obscure

Synonyms

  • (deaf): სმენადაქვეითებული (smenadakveitebuli)
  • (unpopulated): მიყრუებული (miq̇ruebuli)
  • (retarded): ჩამორჩენილი (čamorčenili), გაუნათლებელი (gaunatlebeli)

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • ყრუ-მუნჯი (q̇ru-munǯi)
  • დაყრუება (daq̇rueba)
  • ყრუ თანხმოვანი (q̇ru tanxmovani)
  • აყრუებს (aq̇ruebs)
  • გააყრუებს (gaaq̇ruebs)

References

  • Arnold Čikobava et al., editors (1950–64), ყრუ”, in kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur-u-, from *q̇ur- (ear)

Noun

ყრუ (q̇ru)

  1. a deaf person

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ყრუ”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 468
  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 544
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 246
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 522
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