ნათელი

Georgian

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

  • მზესავით ნათელი (mzesavit nateli)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 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

Etymology

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

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
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