Wiktionary

კარგი

Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian კარგი (ḳargi), from Old Armenian կարգ (karg).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʼarɡi/, [kʼaɾɡi]
  • Hyphenation: კარ‧გი

Adjective edit

Adjectival declension of კარგი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental კარგი (ḳargi)
ergative კარგმა (ḳargma)
dative, adverbial კარგ (ḳarg)
vocative კარგო (ḳargo)

კარგი • (ḳargi) (comparative უკეთესი, superlative საუკეთესო)

  1. nice, okay, well, good

Derived terms edit

Interjection edit

კარგი • (ḳargi)

  1. OK

Descendants edit

  • → Laz: კაჲი (ǩayi), კაჲ (ǩay), კაი (ǩai)

Further reading edit

  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კარქი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 161b

Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կարգ (karg, “order”). The sense "good" developed via the sense "good order".

Noun edit

კარგი • (ḳargi)

  1. order, custom
  2. decency, propriety

Adjective edit

კარგი • (ḳargi)

  1. good

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 548b
  • 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, page 353
  • Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée‎[2] (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 252 of 233–270

Further reading edit

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