ჩაინიკი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian ча́йник (čájnik) in both senses.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃainikʼi/, [t͡ʃʰainikʼi]

Noun edit

ჩაინიკი (čainiḳi) (plural ჩაინიკები) (informal, proscribed)

  1. kettle, teapot
    Synonym: ჩაიდანი (čaidani) (standard)
  2. dummy, novice, no-good

Inflection edit

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See also edit

References edit

  • ჩაინიკი”, in ბარბარიზმები [Barbarisms] (in Georgian), Lexicographic Centre at Tbilisi State University, 2017–