წარაფი

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”).

Noun

წარაფი • (c̣arapi) (plural წარაფები)

  1. tall bushes, shrubs, scrub

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծառ”, 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
  • čubinašvili, niḳo (1812–1825), “წარაფი”, in kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
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