# შქერი
## Georgian
### Alternative forms

* შკერი (šḳeri) — Guria, Racha, Lechkhumi
* ლეშკერი (lešḳeri), ლეშკი (lešḳi) — Racha
* ჟგერი (žgeri) — Lechkhumi

### Etymology

A Zan borrowing: compare Mingrelian შქერი (škeri), Laz მშქერი (mşkeri).

### Noun

შქერი • (škeri) (plural შქერები)
* rhododendron, common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
    Synonym: (Upper Imereti) კვალიზი (ḳvalizi)

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### See also

* დეკა (deḳa)
* იელი (ieli)

### References

* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “შკერი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 250a
* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ლეშკერი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 329b
* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ლეშკი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 329b
* ↑ Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ჟგერი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 53a
* ↑ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 252
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 558–559
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 533

### Further reading

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შქერი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
* Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 142
* Eristavi, Rapiel (1884) Краткий грузино-русско-латинский словарь, из трех естественных царств природы [Concise Georgian–Russian–Latin dictionary, from the three natural kingdoms]‎, Тифлис: тип. Канцелярии главноначальствующего гражд. частью на Кавказе, § 400, page 27
* Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “შქერი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
* Роллов, А. Х. (1908) “Rhododendron ponticum”, in Дикорастущие растения Кавказа, их распространение, свойства и применение (С обозначением туземных названий растений) [Wild plants of the Caucasus, their distribution, properties and uses (Containing the native names of the plants)]‎ (in Russian), Тифлис: тип. К.П. Козловского, pages 426–427
* Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “შქერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 420b
* Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 146

## Laz
### Noun

შქერი • (şkeri)
* Alternative form of მშქერი (mşkeri)

## Mingrelian
### Alternative forms

* შკერი (šḳeri), ფშკერი (pšḳeri)

### Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *šor-.

### Noun

შქერი • (škeri) (plural შქერეფი)
* rhododendron, common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

#### See also

* ელი (eli)
* იოლი (ioli)
* ხვამცა (xvamca)

### Further reading

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შქერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1676
* Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 142
* Eristavi, Rapiel (1884) Краткий грузино-русско-латинский словарь, из трех естественных царств природы [Concise Georgian–Russian–Latin dictionary, from the three natural kingdoms]‎, Тифлис: тип. Канцелярии главноначальствующего гражд. частью на Кавказе, § 400, page 27
* Роллов, А. Х. (1908) “Rhododendron ponticum”, in Дикорастущие растения Кавказа, их распространение, свойства и применение (С обозначением туземных названий растений) [Wild plants of the Caucasus, their distribution, properties and uses (Containing the native names of the plants)]‎ (in Russian), Тифлис: тип. К.П. Козловского, pages 426–427