ყერ

Svan

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Kartvelian *q̇or-.

    Noun

    ყერ • (q̇er) (plural ყერა̈ლ) (Upper Svan)

    1. sow (female pig)
      Synonym: ნეზუ̂ (nezû)

    Further reading

    • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ყერ2”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1804
    • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “ყერ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 297a

    Etymology 2

      Noun

      ყერ • (q̇er) (Cholur)

      1. saint, angel

      Further reading

      • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “ყერ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 325a
      • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ყერ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 297a

      Etymology 3

        Noun

        ყერ • (q̇er)

        1. strength, force
        2. virtue, goodness, clemency

        Further reading

        • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ყერ1”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1804
        • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “ყერ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 297a