კენკრა

Georgian

Etymology

According to Čuxua, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳenḳe-ra- and cognate with Mingrelian კაკარო (ḳaḳaro), კანკარი (ḳanḳari), კაკარა (ḳaḳara).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼenkʼra/, [kʼeŋkʼɾa]
  • Hyphenation: კენ‧კრა

Noun

კენკრა • (ḳenḳra) (plural კენკრები)

  1. berry
  2. (Kartli) Synonym of კვიდო (ḳvido, common privet (Ligustrum vulgare))

Inflection

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References

  1. Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, pages 85–86

Further reading

  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “კვიდო”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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