პატარა
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Georgian პატარა (ṗaṭara); see there for more.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
indeclinable
პატარა • (ṗaṭara) (comparative უფრო პატარა, superlative ყველაზე პატარა)
Synonyms edit
- მცირე (mcire)
Antonyms edit
- დიდი (didi)
Derived terms edit
- პატარაობა (ṗaṭaraoba)
- დიდი თუ პატარა (didi tu ṗaṭara)
- პატარკაციშვილი (ṗaṭarḳacišvili)
Related terms edit
- პაატა (ṗaaṭa)
Old Georgian edit
Etymology edit
Attested only once in the first book of XI-century hymnographer Ezra of Mtatsminda.
According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from Old Armenian պատառ (pataṙ, “piece, morsel (of bread)”). The sense “little, small” of modern Georgian is present also in dialectal Armenian պատառ (pataṙ, “little, small”) and Udi пӏатӏар (ṗaṭar, “little, small”), also from Armenian.
Compare also ფატარი (paṭari, “crumbly (bread, wood); rotten, hollow”).
Noun edit
პატარა • (ṗaṭara)
- small piece of bread
Descendants edit
- Georgian: პატარა (ṗaṭara)
References edit
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “პატარა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 337
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 36