Tiflis

English

Alternative forms

• Teflis (obsolete)

Etymology

From Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís) and Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪflɪs/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Tiflis

1. (chiefly historical) Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.

Translations

Early modern Tbilisi — see also Tbilisi

• Arabic: تِفْلِيس (tiflīs)
• Armenian: Թիֆլիս (hy) (Tʻiflis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梯弗里斯 (zh) (Tīfúlǐsī)

• Georgian: ტფილისი (ka) (ṭpilisi), თბილისი (ka) (tbilisi)
• Hindi: तिफ़्लीस m (tiflīs)
• Japanese: ティフリス (ja) (Tifurisu)
• Korean: 티플리스 (tipeulliseu)
• Krymchak: Тифлиз
• Persian: تِفْلِیس m (teflis), تِپْلِیس m (teplis)
• Polish: Tyflis (pl)
• Punjabi: ਤਿਫ਼ਲੀਸ m (tiflīs), تِفْلِیس m (tiflīs)
• Russian: Тифли́с (ru) (Tiflís)
• Turkish: Tiflis (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: تفليس (Tiflis)

• Urdu: تِفْلِیس m (tiflīs)

German

Alternative forms

• Tbilissi (less common, officialese)

Etymology

From such forms as older Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís), Ottoman Turkish تفلیس (tiflis), Persian تفلیس (teflis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪflɪs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Tiflis n (proper noun, genitive Tiflis' or (with an article) Tiflis)

1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Further reading

• “Tiflis” in Duden online
• “Tiflis, Tbilissi”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiflis/ [ˈt̪i.flis]
• Rhymes: -iflis
• Syllabification: Ti‧flis

Proper noun

Tiflis ?

1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Related terms

• teflisense

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Persian تفلیس (Teflis)

Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis)

Turkish Tiflis

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiflis]
• Hyphenation: Tif‧lis

Proper noun

Tiflis

1. Tbilisi (the capital city of the country of Georgia)

Declension

Declension of Tiflis

	singular	plural
nominative	Tiflis	Tiflisler / Tiflis'ler
definite accusative	Tiflis'i	Tiflisleri / Tiflis'leri
dative	Tiflis'e	Tiflislere / Tiflis'lere
locative	Tiflis'te	Tiflislerde / Tiflis'lerde
ablative	Tiflis'ten	Tiflislerden / Tiflis'lerden
genitive	Tiflis'in	Tiflislerin / Tiflis'lerin

Possessive forms of Tiflis

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Tiflis'im	Tiflislerim
senin (your)	Tiflis'in	Tiflislerin
onun (his/her/its)	Tiflis'i	Tiflisleri
bizim (our)	Tiflis'imiz	Tiflislerimiz
sizin (your)	Tiflis'iniz	Tiflisleriniz
onların (their)	Tiflis'i Tiflisleri	Tiflisleri

Derived terms

• Tiflisli