ბატონები

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From the plural of ბატონი (baṭoni), through a myth on spirits, that give malicious diseases to families they visit, which can be cured by a certain ritual.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /batʼonebi/, [b̥atʼonebi]
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ტო‧ნე‧ბი

Noun edit

ბატონები (baṭonebipl (plural only)

  1. A unified name for contagious diseases like measles, meeps, scarlet fever and so on.
  2. plural of ბატონი (baṭoni) in the original sense of the word (lord, gentleman, mister, sir)

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit