ანთება
Georgian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-, *nt- (“to shine, give light”) (whence also ნათელი (nateli)). Compare Old Armenian անթեղ (antʻeł), possibly a Kartvelian borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
ანთება • (anteba) (plural ანთებები)
Verbal noun
ანთება • (anteba)
- verbal noun of აანთებს (aantebs)
Derived terms
- ანთებიანი (antebiani)
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 136
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ანთება”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press