Tbilisi

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Tbilisi. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Tbilisi, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Tbilisi in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Tbilisi you have here. The definition of the word Tbilisi will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofTbilisi, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi) and Georgian თბილისი (Tbilisi), variant of Old Georgian ტფილისი (Ṭpilisi), from ტფილი (ṭpili, “warm”) + -ისი (-isi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈbɪ.lɪ.si/, /tə.bɪˈliː.si/, /təˈbliː.si/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

Tbilisi

  2. The capital city of the country of Georgia.
  3. (metonymically) The government of Georgia.
    • 2002, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook‎, page 632:
      T'bilisi said guerillas it did not control were involved in fighting on the Georgian side.
    • 2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia‎, →ISBN, page 184:
      In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.
    • 2011, Alexander Sosnowski, The Georgia Syndrome‎, page 25:
      The international observers demanded that Tbilisi make the original of the order available to them so that this aspect could be investigated. But Tbilisi said it was an official military secret and refused to hand over the document...

Synonyms

  • Tiflis (now chiefly historical)

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Proper noun

Tbilisi

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)

Derived terms

Asturian

Proper noun

Tbilisi ?

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tbilisi

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tbilisi n (indeclinable, related adjective tbiliský)

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Further reading

  • “Tbilisi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Proper noun

Tbilisi m pl (1st declension)

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Declension

Declension of Tbilisi (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) — Tbilisi
accusative (akuzatīvs) — Tbilisus
genitive (ģenitīvs) — Tbilisu
dative (datīvs) — Tbilisiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) — Tbilisiem
locative (lokatīvs) — Tbilisos
vocative (vokatīvs) — Tbilisi

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi), from Georgian თბილისი (tbilisi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dbiˈli.si/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -isi
  • Syllabification: Tbi‧li‧si

Proper noun

Tbilisi n (indeclinable)

  1. Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)
    Synonym: Tyflis

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Tbilisi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃbiˈli.si/, /t͡ʃi.biˈli.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃbiˈli.si/

Proper noun

Tbilisi

  1. Alternative form of Tiblíssi

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tbilisi n (genitive singular Tbilisi)

  1. Tbilisi (the capital of Georgia)

References

  • “Tbilisi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia