ნათელი

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Georgian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Georgian ნათელი (nateli), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e-, from *nat-. Cognate with Mingrelian ნოთე (note, ray of light) and Laz ნოთე (note, კვარი).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. lighted, light
  2. (figuratively) obvious, blatant
    ნათელი მაგალითი
    nat'eli magalit'i
    blatant example

Derived terms


Old Georgian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e-, from *nat-, which is one of the largest terms by number of derivatives.

Adjective

ნათელი (nateli)

  1. (figuratively) obvious, blatant
  2. clean

Noun

ნათელი (nateli)

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

Descendants

  • Georgian: ნათელი (nateli)

References

  • 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