აბანო [abano] - bath-house;
Spanish 'baño' and Ukrainian 'баня'
აბანოზი [abanozi] - ebony
Hard to say who borrowed from who. Just let's keep the correspondence in mind.
აბელაური [abelauri] - variety of apple
We already saw the 'apple'-like root in 'karAPHILa'. This time it's as impressive.
აგერ [ager] - here; close by (speaker); right now
It's not rather resemblance with 'here', but with Portuguese 'agora' meaning 'now'.
ავალა [avala] - free space
Incredible! That's the English 'avail', no doubts about that! Remember 'available'?
ავდ(ა)რი [avd(a)ri] - bad weather
Russian 'вёдра' with consequent passing to 'weather'.
ავი - bad
Isn't it the root in 'awe'?
ავღანი [avghani] - cruel, bad-tempered; 2 Ki poor, destitute; 3 n † Afghan
Doesn't Afghan nation come from this Kartvelian definition?
აზნა [azna] 1 a free; 2 n eminence
აზნაური [aznauri] 1 n sb of noble birth; member of landed gentry; † freeman
First, we see that the famous Armenian surname of 'Aznavurian' is of clear Kartvelian origin: a Kartvelian root 'azna' + a Kartvelian adjective suffix '-uri'. And second, didn't this root give the birth to the Russian noun 'знать'?
აზომ [azom] - thus
In Portuguese it is 'assim'.
აილურსება [ailurseba] - (animal) will lay its ears back; will get ready to attack
Do you know what they call the cats phobia in Latin? It's 'ailurophobia'. Where the Latins got the root for this word, do you know?
აკაჟუ [akazhu] cashew-nut
Just to keep in mind that in Portuguese it's almost identical - caju [kazhu]
ალება [aleba] - permission
Did you mean 'allowance'?
ამერი [ameri], amereli - † an eastern (east of Likhi pass) Georgian
Are you sure you know the true etymology of 'America'?
ამინი [amini] - protective spirit
That's 'amen'. But who borrowed?
ანადოლი [anadoli] - † Andalusia
A big part of Turkey (which was hugely Kartvelian) used to be called 'Anatolia'. Clearly it's the same word. And clearly we know nothing about 'Andalucia''s etymology, don't we?
ანცი [antsi] - naughty, restless, frisky
That's the brightest one! In English language they have exactly the same word 'antsy' with exactly the same meaning of 'naughty', 'restless'...
არე [are] - area, place, environment
No comments.
არეალი [areali] - habitat, area
Isn't 'areal' a combination of Kartvelian root + Kartvelian suffix?
არსი [arsi] - a being, creature; existent
They say the word 'art' which is very close to 'creation', comes from Latin 'ars'...
არტო [arto] - excessive, surplus
Totally corresponds to the Spanish 'harto' that means '(more than) sufficient'
არხა [arha] - friend, protector, patron
It's undoubtful 'archi-'. But who was the first?
ბაყ(ა)ლი [bak(a)li] - † grocer, greengrocer
Baaa! Isn't that the Russian 'бакалея'!?!?!?!
ბეჭვა [bechva] - † weaving
The Russian 'бечёвка'
ბობრი [bobri] - fair-haired
...while we keep associating the 'bobrik' hair with beavers...
ბორიო [borio] - cold north wind
Yes, it's 'borey'. But as always, we know nothing about borrowing's direction...
ბრაზი [brazi] - anger
I would connect this root to the Ukrainian word 'образа' [obraza] meaning 'offense'
ბრუსი [brusi] - † Prussian
Funny to observe the clear trace of 'Boruschi', which so far has been only an assumption. Not anymore!
ბრუტი [bruti] - 1 † potter; 2 malicious
This is the etymology for 'brutal'. It has both literal 'mud' (clay) and figural 'brutality'.
ბუმბლი [bumbli] - down, (breast) feathers
This one killed me! Ever heard why some bees are called 'bumble-bees'? It's because they have downy or feathery breasts!!!!!!
ღამურა [gamura] - bat
I once already assumed that 'gaMURa' has something to do with Spanish 'MURcielago' meaning also 'a bat'. But a Georgian delicately corrected me by insisting that 'gamura' should come from 'ღამე' [game] - 'night'. But the course of time proved a necessity to get back to the issue. The word 'gamura' is likely to be connected to გამურვა [gamurva] meaning 'covering in soot' (remember 'moor'?). Yes, I know that 'gamura' is spelt through 'ღ'. The consonant could have been misinterpreted by someone who also connected it to 'ღამე'. Or maybe not...
გარდა [garda] - except (for), apart from
Not sure this is that. But 'except for' can also be spelt as 'save for', while 'save' is very close to 'guard'...
გელინი [gelini] - daughter-in-law, new bride
Has the 'girl'-root ever been regarded through Kartvelian prism? It hasn't? Ok...
გლა [gla] - sadness, grief
Ever wondered what the origin of 'gloomy' might be? Try this Kartvelian root.
გრეში [greshi] - grey
Similar? You bet!
გრუზა [gruza] - a thick, dense (hair)
The Russian word 'грузный' (heavy, obese) may come from the word 'груз' (cargo). Or may not!
დამი [dami] - (cooking) steam
Not a total correspondence with 'дым', but at least the consonants are in place...
დრამი [drami] - instant, moment, second
This one is cool too, since it corresponds to English 'dram' - 'a small amount'
დუნია [dunia] - † 1 (the) world
This one is remarkable for confessing that the final '-a' here is the definite article. Exactly like in Basque language.
ვალიზი [valizi] - small suitcase
Funny enough, in Ukrainian it's 'valiza'.
ვარგა [varga] - is of value
One more cool. In Spanish 'valga' means the same and ojo! - is the 3rd person singular too!
ზაპა [zapa] - obese, heavily built
Keep the kids off the screen, we are talking about nothing else but 'жопа'...
ზნეობითი [zneobriti] - 1 moral, morality (e.g. tale); 2 morally justified, ethical (e.g. act); 3 spiritual, inner (e.g. nature); mental (e.g. pain)
One of the most challenging things is to find the equivalent to Ukrainian root 'zn' (like in 'знать'). So far it has been unsuccessful, but finally the 'zn-' root obtains the necessary meanings - 'inner' and 'mental'...
ზუსტი [zusti] - 1 exact, precise; 2 punctilious
Believe it or not, it's the English 'just' and Spanish 'justo'!
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