ანთება

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-, *nt- (“to shine, give light”) (whence also ნათელი (nateli)). Compare Old Armenian անթեղ (antʿeł), possibly a Kartvelian borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑntʰɛbɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ან‧თე‧ბა

Noun

ანთება • (anteba) (plural ანთებები)

  1. (medicine) inflammation

Verbal noun

ანთება • (anteba)

  1. verbal noun of აანთებს (aantebs)

Derived terms
  • ანთებიანი (antebiani)

References
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 136
  • Arnold Čikobava et al., editors (1950–64), “ანთება”, in kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
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