Georgian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʰoni/
  • Hyphenation: ფო‧ნი

Etymology 1

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From Russian фон (fon).

Noun

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ფონი (poni) (plural ფონები)

  1. background
Inflection
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.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Armenian *fon-, the ancestor of Old Armenian հուն (hun).

Noun

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ფონი (poni) (plural ფონები)

  1. (obsolete) ford
Inflection
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.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 123a
  • Čubinov, David (1887) “ფონი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1312
  • Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 151
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 426

Further reading

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  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 397, considers the similarity with the Armenian accidental
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[3], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 71