საქართველო

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo), equivalent to სა- (sa-) + ქართველი (kartveli, Georgian) + -ო (-o), and literally means “a place where Georgians dwell”. The earliest reference to the word occurs in the ninth-century text The Georgian Chronicles.

See ქართველი (kartveli) for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑkʰɑrtʰvɛlɔ/
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ქარ‧თვე‧ლო
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Proper noun

საქართველო (sakartvelo)

  1. Georgia (a country in the Caucasus)

Inflection

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