კერა

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კერაჲ (ḳeray). Cognate with Mingrelian კერა (ḳera), Laz ნკერა (nǩera), კირა (ǩira), Svan კერა̈ჲ (ḳeräy). Compare also Old Armenian կրակ (krak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼera/, [kʼeɾa]
  • Hyphenation: კე‧რა

Noun

კერა • (ḳera) (plural კერები)

  1. hearth

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • კერაზე ჯდომა (ḳeraze ǯdoma)

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “კერა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Klimov, G. A. (1994) Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics] (in German), German adaptation by Jost Gippert, Hamburg: Buske Helmut, page 306
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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