დარბაისელი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shanidze explains, that the word comes from დარბაზი (darbazi) +‎ ერი (eri) through loss of (z) between vowels and (r) dissimilation.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /darbaiseli/, [d̥aɾbaiseli]
  • Hyphenation: დარ‧ბა‧ი‧სე‧ლი

Noun[edit]

დარბაისელი (darbaiseli) (plural დარბაისლები)

  1. courteous, pleasant, calm, well-bred (said especially about old people)

Inflection[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 28, page 26, section 4b