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Where does “ჯიგარი” come from?

ჯიგარი (Georgian) comes from Persian جگر, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

ჯიგარი (Georgian): entrails; liver; relative

Definitions

  1. entrails; liver; relative

Ancestry of “ჯიგარი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجگرliver; dear, darling
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver
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