Oman's capital represents a clear evidence of what is going on with world's etymology.
The city's etymology is unclear:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat,_Oman
The only thing we can be sure of is that Ptolemy called it MOSCHA PORTUS.
Then we see the Laz toponymic suffix -AT, which means the following:
MUSCAT = MOSCHAT = land of Moschi
Moschi (Mushki) are allegedly a Kartvelian nation identified as modern Meskhetians. If so, then
MUSCAT = MESKHETI
The same root, the same suffix.
Those who doubt as to Kartvelian presence in Arabia, should remember that 'Arabia' itself seems to be a Kartvelian word. Besides, the Arabian lands are overwhelmed with toponyms that have been preserved in Georgian surnames. There is a separate entry on that in this blog.
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