Where does “Avlabari” come from?
Avlabari (English) comes from Georgian ავლაბარი, from Georgian ბარი, from Russian бар, from Serbo-Croatian Бар, from Serbo-Croatian ба̀рем, from Persian باری, from Persian بار, from French bar.
Ancestry of “Avlabari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Georgian | ავლაბარი | — |
| 2 | Georgian | ბარი | valley; bar; spade, shovel |
| 3 | Russian | бар | saloon, bar, snack bar; bar, jib; sandbar |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | Бар | — |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | ба̀рем | — |
| 6 | Persian | باری | anyhow; well, so |
| 7 | Persian | بار | present stem form of باریدن; burden, load,... |
| 8 | French | bar | A bar; A bass |
| 9 | English | Bar | — |
| 10 | German | bär | — |
| 11 | Middle High German | bër | — |
| 12 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |