ბჷნლე̄თ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ბჷნალე̄თ (bənalēt), ბჷნლეთ (bənlet), ბჷნალეთ (bənalet), ბუნალეთ (bunalet), ბუნალე̄თ (bunalēt)

Etymology

From *ბჷნ (*bən, “dark”) +‎ ლე̄თ (lēt, “night”). *ბჷნ (*bən), which is preserved only as part of this word, goes back to Proto-Kartvelian *bun-.

Noun

ბჷნლე̄თ • (bənlēt)

1. dark night

Further reading

• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ბჷნლე̄თ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 333