ოზურგეთი

Georgian

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century.
Scholars have variously derived the toponym from Persian, Turkish, Mingrelian and Georgian. According to the most widespread hypothesis, the term goes back to earlier *ორზურგეთი (*orzurgeti), meaning "two backs" (compound of ორი (ori, “two”) +‎ ზურგი (zurgi, “back”) suffixed with -ეთი (-eti, georgaphical suffix)), referring to double-slope mountains which are characteristic to this region. Other inner-Georgian hypotheses have also been put forward, such as derivation from საზურგეთი (sazurgeti) meaning "a strong sanctuary" and derivation from Georgian-Zan root *ზუგი (“hill”).
According to the Persian etymology, the term should be a compound of خان (“fire”) + آذر (“house”), meaning "house of fire". This theory has not been universally accepted and was heavily criticized by scholars.
A modern folk etymology derives the term from Turkish and explains the literal meaning of the toponym as "kidnapped girl", claiming that this area was subjected to kidnapping and thieving during the Ottoman rule. Most of scholars deem this theory false.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ozurɡetʰi/, [ozuɾɡetʰi]
• Hyphenation: ოზურ‧გე‧თი

Proper noun

ოზურგეთი • (ozurgeti)

1. Ozurgeti

Usage notes

• From 1933 to 1989, the name of this town was მახარაძე (maxaraʒe).

Inflection

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Declension of ოზურგეთი (see Georgian declension)

	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	ოზურგეთი (ozurgeti)
ergative	ოზურგეთმა (ozurgetma)
dative	ოზურგეთს(ა) (ozurgets(a))
genitive	ოზურგეთის(ა) (ozurgetis(a))
instrumental	ოზურგეთით(ა) (ozurgetit(a))
adverbial	ოზურგეთად(ა) (ozurgetad(a))
vocative	ოზურგეთო (ozurgeto)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ოზურგეთი (see Georgian postpositions)

postpositions taking a dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (on - )	ოზურგეთზე (ozurgetze)
-თან (near - )	ოზურგეთთან (ozurgettan)
-ში (in - )	ოზურგეთში (ozurgetši)
-ვით (like a - )	ოზურგეთივით (ozurgetivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (for - )	ოზურგეთისთვის (ozurgetistvis)
-ებრ (like a - )	ოზურგეთისებრ (ozurgetisebr)
-კენ (towards - )	ოზურგეთისკენ (ozurgetisḳen)
-გან (from/of - )	ოზურგეთისგან (ozurgetisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (from / since - )	ოზურგეთიდან (ozurgetidan)
-ურთ (together with - )	ოზურგეთითურთ (ozurgetiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (up to - )	ოზურგეთამდე (ozurgetamde)

Descendants

• English: Ozurgeti
• Russian: Озурге́ти (Ozurgéti)