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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian მართალი (martali).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /martʰali/,
- Hyphenation: მარ‧თა‧ლი
Adjective
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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მართალი (martali)
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| ergative
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მართალმა (martalma)
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| dative, adverbial
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მართალ (martal)
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| vocative
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მართალო (martalo)
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მართალი • (martali) (comparative უფრო მართალი, superlative ყველაზე მართალი)
- true, correct
- მართალი ხარ. ― martali xar. ― You are right.
- მართალია. ― martalia. ― It's true.
- truthful, honest
- Antonym: მტყუანი (mṭq̇uani)
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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)
- righteous; straight
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Descendants
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