Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian უფალი (upali), from Proto-Kartvelian *up- (to possess, own).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /upʰali/
  • Hyphenation: უფა‧ლი

Noun

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უფალი (upali) (uncountable)

  1. The Lord

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *up- (to possess, own) (whence also Georgian მეუფე (meupe), მეფე (mepe), სუფევა (supeva), სუფევს (supevs), etc.).

Noun

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უფალი (upali)

  1. The Lord

Descendants

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  • Georgian: უფალი (upali)

References

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  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 421
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 196