Svan

Alternative forms

• სგაუ̂ჲაშ ‎(sgaûyaš)

Noun

სგა̄უ̂იშ • ‎(sgāûiš)

1. (literary) person living across, on the other side (implying the mountain range separating the region from the mainland Georgia); othersider.
2. Georgian person

   სგაუ̂ი ლჷთორ მა̄რე̄ლ‎

   sgaûi lətor mārēl

   Educated othersiders visited [Svaneti]

References

• topuria, varlam; kaldani, maksime (1994), “სგაუიშ”, in svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1575