ნათელი

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Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Georgian ნათელი (nateli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e- (light), from *nat- (to shine, give light). Cognate with Mingrelian ნოთე (note, ray of light; torch) and Laz ნოთე (note, torch).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /natʰeli/
  • Hyphenation: ნა‧თე‧ლი

Adjective[edit]

ნათელი (nateli) (comparative უფრო ნათელი, superlative ყველაზე ნათელი)

  1. lighted, light
  2. (figuratively) obvious, blatant
    ნათელი მაგალითიnateli magalitiblatant example

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 313-314
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 136-137

Old Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e- (light), from *nat- (to shine, give light), which is one of the largest terms by number of derivatives.

Adjective[edit]

ნათელი (nateli)

  1. (figuratively) obvious, blatant
  2. clean

Noun[edit]

ნათელი (nateli)

  1. light
  2. (beam of light) ray
  3. candle

Descendants[edit]

  • Georgian: ნათელი (nateli)

References[edit]

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 353
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 137
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313