Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian კარგი (ḳargi), from Old Armenian կարգ (karg).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʼarɡi/, [kʼaɾɡi]
  • Hyphenation: კარ‧გი

Adjective

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კარგი (ḳargi) (comparative უკეთესი, superlative საუკეთესო)

  1. nice, okay, well, good

Derived terms

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Interjection

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კარგი (ḳargi)

  1. OK

Descendants

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  • Laz: კაჲი (ǩayi), კაჲ (ǩay), კაი (ǩai)alternative spellings

Further reading

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  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კარქი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 161b

Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian կարգ (karg, order). The sense "good" developed via the sense "good order".

Noun

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კარგი (ḳargi)

  1. order, custom
  2. decency, propriety

Adjective

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კარგი (ḳargi)

  1. good

Descendants

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 548b
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 353
  • Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée[2] (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 252 of 233–270

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