საქართველო

Georgian

Etymology

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

See ქართველი (kartveli) for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sakʰartʰvelo/, [sakʰaɾtʰʷeɫo]
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ქარ‧თვე‧ლო
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Proper noun

საქართველო • (sakartvelo)

  1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Inflection

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Descendants

  • English: Sakartvelo
  • Lithuanian: Sakartvelas
  • Ukrainian: Сакартве́ло (Sakartvélo)
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