ჯანდაბა

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic جَهَنَّمَ (jahannama), genitive of Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam, hell). Shanidze explains the change as follows: *ჯაჰანნამა (*ǯahannama) > *ჯაჰანდაბა (*ǯahandaba) > *ჯაანდაბა (*ǯaandaba) > ჯანდაბა (ǯandaba), with changes (m) > (b), (h) loss before a vowel and the fact that two consonants of the same class (ნ, რ, ლ) cannot create consonant clusters with each other in words, thus the change *ნნ > ნდ (cf. განსპეტაკნების (gansṗeṭaḳnebis) but განმწუანდების (ganmc̣uandebis)). Compare also Armenian ջանդամ (ǰandam).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒandaba/
  • Hyphenation: ჯან‧და‧ბა

Noun edit

ჯანდაბა (ǯandaba) (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) hell

Inflection edit

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Interjection edit

ჯანდაბა (ǯandaba)

  1. Damn it!

See also edit