Tbilisi
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi) and Georgian თბილისი (Tbilisi), variant of Old Georgian ტფილისი (Ṭpilisi), from ტფილი (ṭpili, “warm”) + -ისი (-isi).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /təˈbɪ.lɪ.si/, /tə.bɪˈliː.si/, /təˈbliː.si/
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Proper noun edit
Tbilisi
- The capital city of the country of Georgia.
- (metonymically) The government of Georgia.
- 2002, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook[1], page 632:
- T'bilisi said guerillas it did not control were involved in fighting on the Georgian side.
- 2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia[2], →ISBN, page 184:
- In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.
- 2011, Alexander Sosnowski, The Georgia Syndrome[3], page 25:
- The international observers demanded that Tbilisi make the original of the order available to them so that this aspect could be investigated. But Tbilisi said it was an official military secret and refused to hand over the document...
Synonyms edit
- Tiflis (now chiefly historical)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the capital city of the country of Georgia — see also Tiflis
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Afrikaans edit
Proper noun edit
Tbilisi
- Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)
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Asturian edit
Proper noun edit
Tbilisi ?
- Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)
Azerbaijani edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
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Tbilisi
- Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
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Tbilisi n (indeclinable, related adjective tbiliský)
- Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)
Further reading edit
- Tbilisi in Internetová jazyková příručka
Latvian edit
Proper noun edit
Tbilisi m pl (1st declension)
- Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)
Declension edit
Declension of Tbilisi (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | Tbilisi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | Tbilisus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | Tbilisu |
dative (datīvs) | — | Tbilisiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | Tbilisiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | Tbilisos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | Tbilisi |
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi), from Georgian თბილისი (tbilisi).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tbilisi n (indeclinable)
- Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)
- Synonym: Tyflis
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
- Tbilisi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
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Proper noun edit
Tbilisi
- Alternative form of Tiblíssi
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tbilisi n (genitive singular Tbilisi)
References edit
- “Tbilisi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024