მატური

From Armenian մատուռ (matuṙ), from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “shrine of a martyr”). Direct borrowing from Ancient Greek would have yielded Georgian *მარტული (*marṭuli).

მატური • (maṭuri)

1. a quarter of the cemetery, where the dead of one family are buried

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մատուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• čubinašvili, niḳo (1812–1825), “მატური”, in kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences