Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian паста (pasta), ultimately from Italian pasta. The colloquial sense of pen is similar to the Russian slang sense of ink for a pen, ink refill.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pʼastʼa/
  • Hyphenation: პას‧ტა

Noun edit

პასტა (ṗasṭa) (plural პასტები)

  1. pasta
  2. paste
  3. (informal, proscribed)[1] pen
    Synonym: კალამი (ḳalami) (standard)

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ პასტა”, in ბარბარიზმები [Barbarisms] (in Georgian), Lexicographic Centre at Tbilisi State University, 2017–