Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kartvelian

/kɑɹtˈvɛliən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kartvelian
IPA: /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.

noun

A Georgian person.

name

A family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people.

adj

pertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian.

adj

same as Georgian (language or ethnicity)

Example Sentences

"But this is not just a borrowed label: in the Semitic, Kartvelian and Indo-European forms, a native verbal root has been reduplicated to form a noun which characteristically does the action of the verb."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Root: ქართველი
Suffix: ian

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/
British English: /kɑːtˈviːliən/

Inflected Forms

Kartvelians (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Kartvelology

Synonyms

Georgian Kartvel South Caucasian

Questions

How do you pronounce kartvelian?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/.
What does kartvelian mean?: A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
Where does kartvelian come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

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