საქორთუო

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *kart-, whence also Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɑkʰɔrtʰuɔ/
Hyphenation: სა‧ქორ‧თუ‧ო

Proper noun

საქორთუო • (sakortuo)

Georgia (a country in the Caucasus)

See also

სამარგალო (samargalo)

References

Kajaia, Otar (2005), “საქორთუო”, in megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1295
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 458

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