ქართი

Mingrelian

Etymology

Unlikely to be of native origin due to its vocalism. Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart- via Old Georgian ქართლი (kartli) or Svan ქა̈რთ (kärt).

Proper noun

ქართი • (karti)

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Abkhaz: Қарҭ (Kart)

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქართი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1501
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქართი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 342a
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 847
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქართი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ქართი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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