ხურმა

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ხუმბრა (xumbra) — Guria, Adjara
• ხუმბლე (xumble), ხულა (xula) — Imereti
• ხუმლა (xumla) — Imereti, Guria, Lechkhumi
• ხუმრა (xumra) — Chveneburi

Etymology

From Persian خرما (xormâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xurma/, [χuɾma]
• Hyphenation: ხურ‧მა

Noun

ხურმა • (xurma) (plural ხურმები)

1. persimmon

   Synonym: კარალიოკი (ḳaralioḳi)

Descendants

• → Bats: ხურმ (xurm)
• → Mingrelian: ხვიმა (xvima), ხვიმრა (xvimra), ხვირმა (xvirma), ხუმა (xuma), ხომა (xoma)
• → Svan: ხურმა (xurma)

See also

• დანაკისკუდი (danaḳisḳudi)
• ფინიკი (piniḳi)

Further reading

• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ხურმა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ხუმბრა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[2] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 384a
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ხუმლა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[3] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 384a
• “ხუმბლე”, in Imeruli leksiḳoni [Imeretian Dictionary]‎^[4] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2009
• “ხულა”, in Imeruli leksiḳoni [Imeretian Dictionary]‎^[5] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2009
• “ხუმრა”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎^[6] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014