რუ

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Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian რუჲ (ruy), რუ (ru); see below.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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რუ (ru) (plural რუები)

  1. runnel

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Bats: რუ (ru), რუვ (ruv)

See also

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Old Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Klimov / Khalilov, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian رود (rud, river, torrent).

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from the older form of Old Armenian առու (aṙu), before the addition of the prothetic ա- (a-)- to it.

Noun

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რუ (ru)

  1. runnel

Descendants

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References

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 349
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 142, 208
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 71-72