Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ar-

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

Noun

*ar-

  1. shadow

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Zan:
      • Mingrelian: ორო (oro)
  • ⇒ Svan: მაჰა̄რა (mahāra, “shaded place”) (Ushguli), მაჰუ̂ერა (mahûera, “shadow”), მაჰუ̂ე̄რა (mahûēra, “shadow, ghost”) (Upper Bali)

References

  • Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 422
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 51-52
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