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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian პატარა (ṗaṭara); see there for more.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: პა‧ტა‧რა
Adjective
პატარა • (ṗaṭara) (comparative უფრო პატარა, superlative ყველაზე პატარა)
- little, small
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Old Georgian
Etymology
Attested only once in the first book of XI-century hymnographer Ezra of Mtatsminda.
According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from Old Armenian պատառ (pataṙ, “piece, morsel (of bread)”). The sense “little, small” of modern Georgian is present also in dialectal Armenian պատառ (pataṙ, “little, small”) and Udi пӏатӏар (ṗaṭar, “little, small”), also from Armenian.
Compare also ფატარი (paṭari, “crumbly (bread, wood); rotten, hollow”).
Noun
პატარა • (ṗaṭara)
- small piece of bread
Descendants
References
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “პატარა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 337
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 36