ოქორთურა

Laz

Etymology

Related to ქორთურა (kortura, “Georgia”). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, “Georgia”) and Megrelian საქორთუო (sakortuo, “Georgia”). Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.

Proper noun

ოქორთურა • (okortura) (Latin spelling Okortura)

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonyms: ქორთოლონა (kortolona), ოქორთუე (okortue)

Further reading

  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოქორთურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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