ექვთიმე

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ექვთიმე (ekvtime), from Ancient Greek Εὔθυμος (Eúthumos), from εὔθυμος (eúthumos, “cheerful”). For the ვ → ქვ (v → kv) development compare ქვიშნა (kvišna).

Proper noun

ექვთიმე • (ekvtime)

1. a male given name, Ekvtime

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold (1946) “Mravlobitis aɣnišvnis ʒiritadi ṗrinciṗisatvis kartuli zmnis uɣvlilebis sisṭemaši [On the principle of marking the plural in the Georgian verb system]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎^[1] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 125 of 91–130