განათლება

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian განათლება (ganatleba), from ნათელი (nateli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡanatʰleba/, [ɡ̊anatʰleba]
  • Hyphenation: გა‧ნათ‧ლე‧ბა

Noun edit

განათლება (ganatleba) (plural განათლებები)

  1. education

Derived terms edit

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ნათელი (nateli). Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-.

Noun edit

განათლება (ganatleba)

  1. the act of lighting up
  2. christening, baptism

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: განათლება (ganatleba)

References edit

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 353
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 137