მართალი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მართალი (martali).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: მარ‧თა‧ლი

Adjective

მართალი (martali) (comparative უფრო მართალი, superlative ყველაზე მართალი)

  1. true, correct
    მართალი ხარ.martali xar.You are right.
    მართალია.martalia.It's true.
  2. truthful, honest
    Antonym: მტყუანი (mṭq̇uani)

Derived terms

Old Georgian

Etymology

According to Andronikashvili, prefixed with მ- (m-) to an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥tás (truth). Note also Old Armenian արդար (ardar, just, righteous).

Adjective

მართალი (martali)

  1. righteous; straight

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: მართალი (martali)

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1944) Kartuli da somxuri liṭeraṭuruli urtiertoba IX—X ss-ši : Gamoḳvleva da ṭeksṭebi [Georgian and Armenian literary relations of the ninth and tenth centuries: Study and Texts]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 099–0100
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946) “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎ (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 388–389
  • Marr, N. (1920) “Армянский термин arq-ay «царь»”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия (in Russian), volume 4, numbers 1–11, pages 106–107

Further reading

  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “მართალი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 611b
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “მართალი”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, pages 394–395
  • Čubinov, David (1887) “მართალი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 670