Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiflis

/ˈtɪflɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: ti-flis
IPA: /ˈtɪflɪs/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.

Etymology

From Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís) and Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Тифли́с, تفليس, تفلیس

Inflected Forms

Teflis (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

How do you pronounce tiflis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪflɪs/.
What does tiflis mean?: Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.
Where does tiflis come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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