Tbilisi

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English

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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, 2003–2024
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