ანთება

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat- ~ *nt- (to shine, give light), whence also ნათელი (nateli). Compare Old Armenian անթեղ (antʻeł), possibly a Kartvelian borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /antʰeba/
  • Hyphenation: ან‧თე‧ბა

Noun edit

ანთება (anteba) (plural ანთებები)

  1. (medicine) inflammation

Verbal noun edit

ანთება (anteba)

  1. verbal noun of აანთებს (aantebs)

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 136
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ანთება”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press