Georgian

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb, to flip, to change).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qʼalbi/, [χʼalbi]
  • Hyphenation: ყალ‧ბი

Adjective

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ყალბი (q̇albi) (comparative უფრო ყალბი, superlative ყველაზე ყალბი)

  1. counterfeit, false, fake, mock, shoddy, spurious, bastardy

Derived terms

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References

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ყალბი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press