მატური
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Georgian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Armenian մատուռ (matuṙ), from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “shrine of a martyr”). Direct borrowing from Ancient Greek would have yielded Georgian *მარტული (*marṭuli).
Noun[edit]
მატური • (maṭuri)
- a quarter of the cemetery, where the dead of one family are buried
References[edit]
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մատուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “მატური”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries][1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences