Georgian

Adjective

პატარა • ‎(ṗaṭara) ‎(comparative უფრო პატარა, superlative ყველაზე პატარა)

1. little, small

Synonyms

• მცირე ‎(mcire)

Antonyms

• დიდი ‎(didi)

Derived terms

• პატარაობა ‎(ṗaṭaraoba)
• დიდი თუ პატარა ‎(didi tu ṗaṭara)
• პატარკაციშვილი ‎(ṗaṭarḳacišvili)

Related

• პაატა ‎(ṗaaṭa)

Old Georgian

Etymology

Attested only once in the first book of XI-century hymnographer Ezra of Mtatsminda.

According to Ačaṙean, borrowing from Old Armenian պատառ ‎(pataṙ, “piece, morsel (of bread)”). The sense “little, small” of modern Georgian is present also in dialectal Armenian պատառ ‎(pataṙ, “little, small”) and Udi пӏатӏар ‎(ṗaṭar, “little, small”), also from Armenian.

Noun

პატარა • ‎(ṗaṭara)

1. small piece of bread

Descendants

• Georgian: პატარა ‎(ṗaṭara)

References

• abulaʒe, ilia (1973), “პატარა”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 337
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պատառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 36