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თავი

თავი

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სხეული
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Noun

თავი (tavi) (plural თავები)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. chapter
  3. topmost, foremost or leading part.
    1. top (of a mountain, etc.)
    2. end (of a table, etc.)
    3. cap, cover (of a bottle, etc.)
  4. initial part (of an article, chapter, novel, etc.)
    1. cause
  5. head, leader
    1. starter (of a fight, etc.)
  6. (obsolete) important, main
  7. unit
    სამი თავი ნიორი
    sami tavi niori
    three units of garlic

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Pronoun

თავი (tavi)

  1. self

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Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *taw- (head)

Noun

თავი (tavi)

  1. head
  2. topmost, foremost or leading part.
  3. head, leader
    1. starter (of a fight, etc.)
  4. important, main

Descendants

References

  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 226
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 66
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186
  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), თავი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 172