ოზურგეთი

Georgian

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century.
Scholars have variously derived the toponym from Persian, Turkish, Mingrelian and Georgian. According to the most widespread hypothesis, the term goes back to earlier *ორზურგეთი (*orzurgeti), meaning "two backs" (compound of ორი (ori, “two”) +‎ ზურგი (zurgi, “back”) suffixed with -ეთი (-eti, georgaphical suffix)), referring to double-slope mountains which are characteristic to this region. Other inner-Georgian hypotheses have also been put forward, such as derivation from საზურგეთი (sazurgeti) meaning "a strong sanctuary" and derivation from Georgian-Zan root *ზუგი (“hill”).
According to the Persian etymology, the term should be a compound of خان‎ (“fire”) + آذر‎ (“house”), meaning "house of fire". This theory has not been universally accepted and was heavily criticized by scholars.
A modern folk etymology derives the term from Turkish and explains the literal meaning of the toponym as "kidnapped girl", claiming that this area was subjected to kidnapping and thieving during the Ottoman rule. Most of scholars deem this theory false.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔzurɡɛtʰi/
  • Hyphenation: ო‧ზურ‧გე‧თი

Proper noun

ოზურგეთი • (ozurgeti)

  1. Ozurgeti

Usage notes
  • From 1933 to 1989, the name of this town was მახარაძე (maxaraʒe).

Inflection

 
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Declension of ოზურგეთი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ოზურგეთი (ozurgeti)
ergative ოზურგეთმა (ozurgetma)
dative ოზურგეთს(ა) (ozurgets(a))
genitive ოზურგეთის(ა) (ozurgetis(a))
instrumental ოზურგეთით(ა) (ozurgetit(a))
adverbial ოზურგეთად(ა) (ozurgetad(a))
vocative ოზურგეთო (ozurgeto)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ოზურგეთი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (on - ) ოზურგეთზე (ozurgetze)
-თან (near - ) ოზურგეთთან (ozurgettan)
-ში (in - ) ოზურგეთში (ozurgetši)
-ვით (like a - ) ოზურგეთივით (ozurgetivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (for - ) ოზურგეთისთვის (ozurgetistvis)
-ებრ (like a - ) ოზურგეთისებრ (ozurgetisebr)
-კენ (towards - ) ოზურგეთისკენ (ozurgetisḳen)
-გან (from/of - ) ოზურგეთისგან (ozurgetisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (from / since - ) ოზურგეთიდან (ozurgetidan)
-ურთ (together with - ) ოზურგეთითურთ (ozurgetiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (up to - ) ოზურგეთამდე (ozurgetamde)

Descendants
  • English: Ozurgeti
  • Russian: Озурге́ти (Ozurgéti)

References
  1. bedošvili, guram (2002) kartul ṭoṗonimta ganmarṭebit-eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Georgian Geographical Names] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, →ISBN, page 307
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