Monday, September 2, 2013

ARABIAN TOPONYMS IN KARTVELIAN SURNAMES

Now let's take the toponyms from Ptolemy's map of Arabian peninsula, then add to them -SHVILI and -DZE endings of Kartvelian surnames, and see how many real Kartvelian surnames we'll have.

Draga - Dragashvili
Vodona - Vodonadze
Tabana - Tabanadze
Saba - Sabashvili
Merabi - Merabishvili
Amba - Ambashvili
Gorda - Gordashvili
Tuna - Tunashvili
Karada - Karadashvili
Sata - Satashvili
Hattara - Hatarashvili
Marata - Maratashvili
Salina - Salinashvili
Tema - Temashvili

The above Kartvelian surnames are real.

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