ფენიქსი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely from Russian феникс (feniks), or else directly from a Western European language (cf. French phénix), from Latin phoenix, from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

A more direct borrowing of the Greek word existed in Old Georgian: ფჳნიქსი (pwiniksi).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pʰenikʰsi/
  • Hyphenation: ფე‧ნიქ‧სი

Noun[edit]

ფენიქსი (peniksi) (plural ფენიქსები)

  1. Phoenix, phoenix

Inflection[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ფენიქსი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 449