Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣar-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Root

*ɣar- : *ɣr-

to cry, howl, sing

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Kartvelian: *ɣarɣad- (“goose”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ღრიალი (ɣriali, “roar, bellow”), მღერის (mɣeris, “to sing”), სიმღერა (simɣera, “song”), მომღერალი (momɣerali, “singer”)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ო-მღორ-უ (o-mğor-u, “to shout”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ღორაფა (ɣorapa, “shouting, roaring, crying”)
⇒ Svan: ლიღრა̈ლ (liɣräl, “song”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 220
Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 503
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 479

Etymology 2

Root

*ɣar- : *ɣr-

to die, wither

Derived terms

⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *(m)žɣr- (“to wither, fade”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ღრობა (ɣroba, “withering, wiltering”) (Guria)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ღურ- (ğur-)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ღურა (ɣura, “death”)
⇒ Svan: მაღრა (maɣra, “dried up tree”)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 503
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 478―479