Georgian

Noun

ფირტვი • ‎(pirṭvi) ‎(plural ფირტვები)

1. Alternative form of ფილტვი ‎(pilṭvi)

Descendants

• → Bezhta: пиртӀи ‎(pirṭi), пийтӀи ‎(pijṭi)
• → Hunzib: пыртӏи ‎(pɨrṭi), [script needed] ‎(pijṭi)

References

• Klimov, G. A.; Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Slovarʹ kavkazskix jazykov. Sopostavlenije osnovnoj leksiki [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, ISBN 5-02-018283-4, page 83
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ფირტვი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press, page 1258
• Arnold Čikobava et al., editors (1950–64), “ფირტვი”, in kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
• orbeliani, sulxan-saba (1685–1716), iordanišvili s., editor, siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 359

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *pirṭw-. Cognates include Georgian ფილტვი ‎(pilṭvi).

Noun

ფირტვი • ‎(pirṭvi)

1. lung

Synonyms

• ფიჟვი ‎(pižvi)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ფირტვი”, in megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1469
• Kipšidze, I. (1910), “ფირტვი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 336