Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian მყარი (mq̇ari).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mχʼaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: მყა‧რი

Adjective

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მყარი (mq̇ari) (comparative უფრო მყარი, superlative ყველაზე მყარი)

  1. solid, hard, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, stony, sure-footed, cast-iron
  2. unyielding

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Georgian

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Adjective

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მყარი (mq̇ari)

  1. hard, solid, firm

Descendants

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  • Georgian: მყარი (mq̇ari)

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მყარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi)[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 304a
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 251
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 127