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Etymology
According to Aleksiva was borrowed from, but when borrowed, its meaning was accepted as "world", not "country". It is an obvious transmission error. The word is not found in written texts before Guram Kartozia's 1993 book Laz Texts II. It is not found in Kutelia's fairy tale book (Lazuri P̆araitepe 1982), or in Sergi Jğent̆i's texts (Ç̆anuri T̆ekst̆ebi, 1938). It is also absent in Chitashi's texts. The word is not found in Marr, Ačaṙyan, Rosen, or Kartozia's first text book of 1974, in Chikobava's texts, Dumézil, or Qipşidze. The person who introduced the word to Laz is probably. Ç̆andaş Gverdi (1949) uses the expression in his play. Likewise in his lines confirms that  is used in the sense of the world. The word was known and spread among the Laz intelligentsia along with the poems of Helimishi. Tandilava also suggests borrowing from Mingrelian.

Noun

 * 1) world, earth
 * 2)  the place in a village where people gather and chat
 * 1)  the place in a village where people gather and chat
 * 1)  the place in a village where people gather and chat