# ქერი
## Georgian
### Etymology

From Old Georgian ქერი (keri).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰeɾi]
* Hyphenation: ქე‧რი

### Noun

ქერი • (keri) (uncountable)
* barley

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### Derived terms

* ქერის ორმოში ზის (keris ormoši zis)

#### Descendants

* → Abkhaz: а-қьар (a-kʲar)

#### See also

* ალაო (alao)
* მახა (maxa)

### Further reading

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქერი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
* Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ქერი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

## Laz
### Alternative forms

* კერი (ǩeri) — Arkabi
* ჭერი (ç̌eri) — Atina
* ქეი (kei) — Khopa–Batumi, Arkabi

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Georgian ქერი (keri).

### Noun

ქერი • (keri) (Khopa–Batumi, Arkabi)
* barley
    Synonym: არფა (arpa)

### Further reading

* Adjarian, H. (1898) “კერი”, in “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 366, compares Old Armenian գարի (gari)
* Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
* 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 158
* Marr, N. (1910) “ქერი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 197a, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
* Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ქერი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
* Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)

## Mingrelian
### Alternative forms

* ქერექენი (kerekeni)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Georgian ქერი (keri).

### Noun

ქერი • (keri)
* barley

### Further reading

* 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 158
* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1508
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქერი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 342b, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
* Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)

## Old Georgian
### Etymology

Compare Old Armenian գարի (gari).

### Noun

ქერი • (keri)
* barley

#### Descendants

* Georgian: ქერი (keri)
** → Abkhaz: а-қьар (a-kʲar)
* → Laz: ქერი (keri), კერი (ǩeri) — Arkabi, ჭერი (ç̌eri) — Atina, ქეი (kei) — Khopa–Batumi, Arkabi
* →⇒ Mingrelian: ქერი (keri), ქერექენი (kerekeni)
* → Svan: ქერ (ker)

### Further reading

* Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 452b
* 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 158
* Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)