# ქორი
## Georgian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰoɾi]
* Hyphenation: ქო‧რი

### Etymology 1

From Old Georgian ქორი (kori).

#### Noun

ქორი • (kori) (plural ქორები)
* northern goshawk (Astur gentilis)
* political hawk, supporter of aggressive or interventionist foreign policy (American Politics)
    ზემოთ მოყვანილი მცირე ისტორიული ფაქტები ცხადყოფს, რომ ჯოზეფ ბაიდენი არც ქორისა და არც მტრედის ვიწრო დეფინიციაში არ ჯდება.zemot moq̇vanili mcire isṭoriuli pakṭebi cxadq̇ops, rom ǯozep baideni arc korisa da arc mṭredis vic̣ro depiniciaši ar ǯdeba.The above-mentioned some historical facts make clear that Joseph Biden cannot be narrowly classified either as a [political] hawk or as a dove.

##### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

##### Descendants

* → Udi: кор (kor)

#### Further reading

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქორი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كور (kör).

#### Alternative forms

* ქორია (koria)

#### Adjective

ქორი • (kori) (not comparable)
* (colloquial) blind

##### Declension
## Mingrelian
### Noun

ქორი • (kori)
* Alternative form of ქირი (kiri)

## Old Georgian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *kor-.

#### Noun

ქორი • (kori)
* northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

##### Descendants

* Georgian: ქორი (kori)
** → Udi: кор (kor)
* → Proto-Nakh: *kori (see there for further descendants)

#### Further reading

* Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქორი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 455b

### Etymology 2

Related to Svan ქორ (kor, “house, room”), on the basis of which Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe and Čuxua reconstruct Proto-Kartvelian *kor-.
Compare also Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “space, room, place”).

#### Noun

ქორი • (kori)
* upstairs
* room (upstairs)
* (rare) home

##### Derived terms

* ქორედი (koredi)
* ქორები ზაკქოჲსაჲ (korebi zaḳkoysay)
* ზედაქორები (zedakorebi)

##### Descendants

* ⇒ Georgian: ქორეთი (koreti, “attic”) — Racha
* → Mingrelian: ქორი (kori)

#### References

* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*kor-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 496–497
* ↑ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 254–255
* ↑ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*kor-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 469

#### Further reading

* Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქორი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 455b
* Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 615 of 575–632, compares to Chechen кор (kor), Ingush кор (kor), Bats ქორ (kor)