საქართველო

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo), equivalent to ქართველი (kartveli, Georgian) +‎ სა- -ო (sa- -o), and literally means “a place where Georgians dwell”. The earliest reference to the word occurs in the ninth-century text The Georgian Chronicles. Compare to Laz ოქორთურა (okortura, Georgia) and Mingrelian საქორთუო (sakortuo, Georgia).

See ქართველი (kartveli) for more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sakʰartʰvelo/, [sakʰaɾtʰʷeɫo]
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ქარ‧თვე‧ლო
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Proper noun edit

საქართველო (sakartvelo)

  1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Lithuanian: Sakartvelas
  • Ukrainian: Сакартве́ло (Sakartvélo)