ქართლი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ქართლი (kartli), ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰartʰli/,
  • Hyphenation: ქარ‧თლი

Proper noun

ქართლი (kartli)

  1. Kartli (historical region of Georgia)
  2. (history) Caucasian kingdom of Iberia

Inflection

Declension of ქართლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ქართლი (kartli)
ergative ქართლმა (kartlma)
dative ქართლს(ა) (kartls(a))
genitive ქართლის(ა) (kartlis(a))
instrumental ქართლით(ა) (kartlit(a))
adverbial ქართლად(ა) (kartlad(a))
vocative ქართლო (kartlo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ქართლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ქართლზე (kartlze)
-თან (-tan, near) ქართლთან (kartltan)
-ში (-ši, in) ქართლში (kartlši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ქართლივით (kartlivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ქართლისთვის (kartlistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ქართლისებრ (kartlisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ქართლისკენ (kartlisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ქართლისგან (kartlisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ქართლიდან (kartlidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ქართლითურთ (kartliturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ქართლამდე (kartlamde)

Derived terms

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-. See also ქართველი (kartveli).

Proper noun

ქართლი (kartli)

  1. kingdom of Georgia
  2. Kartli (region)

Descendants

  • Georgian: ქართლი (kartli)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 213
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 458
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 486
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქართლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 451