თემი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian, from Byzantine Greek θέμα (théma, military-administrative division). Doublet of თემა (tema).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʰemi]

Noun

თემი • (temi) (plural თემები)

  1. community
  2. Second-level administrative division in modern Georgia; municipality

Descendants

  • Bats: თემ class jj (tem)

See also

References

  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1949) “თემი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], compiled 1685–1716, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, page 136