ინდაური

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Georgian

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Etymology

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Shanidze supposes, that the word comes from ინდო (indo, India) +‎ -ური (-uri) ფრინველი (prinveli), where only the adjective part remained and then vowel change ოუ -> აუ happened.[1] Compare ბულგარული (bulgaruli, Capsicum annuum) with similar development in speech.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /indauri/, [indauɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ინ‧და‧უ‧რი

Noun

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ინდაური (indauri) (plural ინდაურები)

  1. turkey

Inflection

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	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

Descendants

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  • Bats: ინდურ class dd (indur)

References

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  1. ^ Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 165, section 3, note 1