Tbilisi

From Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi) and Georgian თბილისი (Tbilisi), variant of Old Georgian ტფილისი (Ṭpilisi), from ტფილი (ṭpili, “warm”) + -ისი (-isi).

• IPA^(key): /təˈbɪ.lɪ.si/, /tə.bɪˈliː.si/, /təˈbliː.si/

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Tbilisi

2. The capital city of the country of Georgia.
   • 2025 February 26, “USAID’s Troubling Ties to the Left’s Dark Money Network”, in Committee on Oversight and Government Reform‎^[1], page 2:

     Giorgi Labadze, an American studies professor at the Tbilisi State University in the European country of Georgia, has raised alarms that the Civic Education Program […]

3. (metonymic) The government of Georgia.
   • 2002, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook‎^[2], page 632:

     T'bilisi said guerillas^[sic] it did not control were involved in fighting on the Georgian side.

   • 2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia‎^[3], →ISBN, page 184:

     In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.

   • 2011, Alexander Sosnowski, The Georgia Syndrome‎^[4], page 25:

     The international observers demanded that Tbilisi make the original of the order available to them so that this aspect could be investigated. But Tbilisi said it was an official military secret and refused to hand over the document...

• Tiflis (now chiefly historical)

• Tbilisoba

Tbilisi

1. Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)

• Tbilisiër
• Tbilisies

Tbilisi ?

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

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Tbilisi

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdbɪlɪsɪ]

Tbilisi n (indeclinable, relational adjective tbiliský)

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

• “Tbilisi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Georgian თბილისი (tbilisi).

• IPA^(key): /tə.ˈbi.ˌli.si/
• Hyphenation: T‧bi‧li‧si

Tbilisi n

1. Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)

Tbilisi m pl (1st declension)

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

Borrowed from Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi), from Georgian თბილისი (tbilisi).

• IPA^(key): /dbiˈli.si/

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• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification: Tbi‧li‧si

Tbilisi n (indeclinable)

1. Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)

   Synonym: Tyflis

• Tbilisi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tbilisi ?

1. alternative form of Tiblíssi

• IPA^(key): [ˈtbiʎisi]

Tbilisi n (genitive singular Tbilisi)

1. Tbilisi (the capital of Georgia)

• “Tbilisi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025