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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian კარგი (ḳargi), from Old Armenian կարգ (karg).
Pronunciation
Adjective
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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კარგი (ḳargi)
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| ergative
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კარგმა (ḳargma)
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| dative, adverbial
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კარგ (ḳarg)
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| vocative
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კარგო (ḳargo)
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კარგი • (ḳargi) (comparative უკეთესი, superlative საუკეთესო)
- nice, okay, well, good
Derived terms
Interjection
კარგი • (ḳargi)
- OK
Descendants
- → Laz: კაჲი (ǩayi), კაჲ (ǩay), კაი (ǩai) — alternative spellings
Further reading
- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კარქი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 161b
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Old Armenian կարգ (karg, “order”). The sense "good" developed via the sense "good order".
Noun
კარგი • (ḳargi)
- order, custom
- decency, propriety
Adjective
კარგი • (ḳargi)
- good
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 548b
- Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 353
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 252 of 233–270
Further reading