საქორთუო

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Etymology edit

ქორთუ (kortu) +‎ სა- -ო (sa- -o). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, Georgia) and Laz ოქორთურა (okortura, Georgia).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sɑkʰɔrtʰuɔ/
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ქორ‧თუ‧ო

Proper noun edit

საქორთუო (sakortuo)

  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)

See also edit

References edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “საქორთუო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1295
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 458