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Etymology
From. According to Ačaṙyan, the sense "sprout of grapes" developed figuratively from the sense “heifer”; typologically compare.

Noun

 * 1) heifer
 * 2)  three-year-old sprout of grapes which is replanted separately

Etymology
A borrowing: compare 🇨🇬,,. Ačaṙyan takes the borrowing in the other direction, not finding any 🇨🇬 cognates for Mingrelian, but the latter, according to Kiria, has a native origin from, , which has number of other derivatives including 🇨🇬. Javakhishvili, denying Ačaṙyan, instead connects the Mingrelian terms to 🇨🇬, which, according to him and Klimov, is cognate to 🇨🇬.

For the sense development compare, , , ultimately from (another Kartvelian livestock term borrowed into Armenian as ).

Note also 🇨🇬,,.

The comparisons with, , are unnecessary.

Noun

 * 1) heifer, young cow
 * 2)  cow
 * 3)  bride