მართალი
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Georgian მართალი (martali).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Adjectival declension of მართალი
მართალი • (martali) (comparative უფრო მართალი, superlative ყველაზე მართალი)
- true, correct
- მართალი ხარ. ― martali xar. ― You are right.
- მართალია. ― martalia. ― It's true.
- truthful, honest
- Antonym: მტყუანი (mṭq̇uani)
Derived terms edit
- სიმართლე (simartle)
Related terms edit
Old Georgian edit
Etymology edit
According to Andronikashvili, prefixed with მ- (m-) to an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás (“truth”). Note also Old Armenian արդար (ardar, “just, righteous”).
Adjective edit
მართალი • (martali)
Derived terms edit
- მართალთაგანი (martaltagani)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Georgian: მართალი (martali)
References edit
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1944) Kartuli da somxuri liṭeraṭuruli urtiertoba IX—X ss-ši : Gamoḳvleva da ṭeksṭebi [Georgian and Armenian literary relations of the ninth and tenth centuries: Study and Texts][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 099–0100
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946), “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica][2] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 388–389
- Marr, N. (1920), “Армянский термин arq-ay [«маг» || «жрец» > «жрец-вождь» || «жрец-царь» > «вождь» || ] «царь»”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия[3] (in Russian), volume 4, issue 1–11, pages 106–107
Further reading edit
- Sardshweladse, Surab; Fähnrich, Heinz (2005), “მართალი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 611b
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014), “მართალი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, pages 394–395
- Čubinov, David (1887), “მართალი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 670