ქეთევანი

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ქეთინო (ketino), ქეთი (keti)

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ქეთაონ (ketaon), ქეთეონ (keteon), from Persian کتایون (katâyun). Folk-etymologically considered the Georgian form of Catherine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰetʰevani/
• Hyphenation: ქე‧თე‧ვა‧ნი

Proper noun

ქეთევანი • (ketevani)

1. a female given name, Ketevani

Descendants

• → Armenian: Քեթևան (Kʻetʻewan)
• → Ossetian: Кетеван (Ketevan)
• → Russian: Кетева́нь (Ketevánʹ)

Further reading

• Fritz, Sonja (2006) “Ketewan”, in Die ossetischen Personennamen (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band III, Faszikel 3)‎^[1] (in German), based on a dissertation submitted in 1983, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 858, page 128
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1986) “ქეთევან, ქეთეონ, ქეთაონ”, in Kartveluri saḳutari saxelebi: Antroṗonimta leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Kartvelian Anthroponyms]‎^[2] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo, page 304b