English
Saperavi
Saperavi comes from Georgian საფერავი.
- Georgianmodernსაფერავიliterally ‘paint, dye’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Saperavi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Georgianmodernსაფერავიliterally ‘paint, dye’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Saperavi
Earliest quotation: 2016, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Anastasiya Shtaltovna: “The association between white wine and masculinity declined in…”
Every English word from Georgian საფერავი
Today it means
noun A Georgian dry red wine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Georgian საფერავი / Saperavi