Georgian

Noun

ქალაქი • ‎(kalaki) ‎(plural ქალაქები)

1. town, city

Derived terms

• სამოქალაქო ‎(samokalako)
• მოქალაქე ‎(mokalake)
• მოქალაქეობა ‎(mokalakeoba)

Inflection

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See also

• სოფელი ‎(sopeli)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: ақалақь ‎(ākālāk̍)
• → Ossetian: калак ‎(kalak)
• → Mingrelian: ქალაქი ‎(kalaki)

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Georgian ქალაქი ‎(kalaki).

Noun

ქალაქი • ‎(kalaki)

1. town, city

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ქალაქი”, in megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1497
• Kipšidze, I. (1910), “ქალაქი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ქაჲაქი ‎(kayaki) (?)

Etymology

• From Akkadian [script needed] ‎(Kalakh, “ancient city capital of Assyria on the Tigris”) [script needed] via Old Armenian քաղաք ‎(kʿałakʿ, “city”).
• From an Iranian source.
• From a Hittite source.

Noun

ქალაქი • ‎(kalaki)

1. city

Descendants

• Georgian: ქალაქი ‎(kalaki)
  • → Abkhaz: ақалақь ‎(ākālāk̍)
  • → Ossetian: калак ‎(kalak)
  • → Mingrelian: ქალაქი ‎(kalaki)

Derived terms

• ქალაქპეტი ‎(kalakṗeṭi)
• ნოქალაქენი ‎(nokalakeni)

References

• abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “ქალაქი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 451
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քաղաք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935