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Kartvelian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kɑːtˈviːliən/ (UK)
  • /kɑːtˈvɛliən/ (UK)
  • /kɑɹtˈviːliən/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) pertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian.
  2. (not-comparable) same as Georgian (language or ethnicity)

Relateds

Kartvelology

Synonyms

South Caucasian · Georgian · Georgian

Translations (6)

ru картвельский (pertaining to the Kartvelian languages) · pl kartwelski (pertaining to the Kartvelian languages) · nl Kartveels (pertaining to the Kartvelian languages) · ca kartvelià (pertaining to the Kartvelian languages) · hy քարթվելական (pertaining to the Kartvelian languages) · bg картвелски (pertaining to the Kartvelian languages)

Kartvelian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kɑːtˈviːliən/ (UK)
  • /kɑːtˈvɛliən/ (UK)
  • /kɑɹtˈviːliən/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
  2. A Georgian person.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Kartvelians Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Kartvel (member of a people) · South Caucasian (member of a people)

Translations (9)

ka ქართველი (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · uk картве́лка (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · ru картвелка (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · pl Kartwelka (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · bg грузинец (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · ru картвел (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · bg грузинка (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · pl Kartwel (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus) · uk картве́л (member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus)

Kartvelian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /kɑːtˈviːliən/ (UK)
  • /kɑːtˈvɛliən/ (UK)
  • /kɑɹtˈviːliən/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people.
    • But this is not just a borrowed label: in the Semitic, Kartvelian and Indo-European forms, a native verbal root has been reduplicated to form a noun which characteristically does the action of the verb. 2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 15:

Synonyms

South Caucasian

Translations (5)

bg картвелски (family of languages) · ca kartvelià (family of languages) · pl język kartwelski (family of languages) · ka ქართველური ენები (family of languages) · ru картвельский (family of languages)