Georgian

Georgian

See also: georgian

English

WOTD – 26 June 2017

Pronunciation

Fresco of Queen Tamar, a Georgian woman – that is, a woman from the country of Georgia (etymology 1)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːdʒən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒən
• Hyphenation: Georg‧ian

Etymology 1

Georgia +‎ -an.

Noun

Georgian (countable and uncountable, plural Georgians)

1. (uncountable) The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
2. (countable) A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
3. (countable) A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.

Synonyms

• (native or resident of the US state of Georgia): goober, goober-grabbler (dated slang)

Hypernyms

• (native or resident of the US state of Georgia): American

Hyponyms

• (language of Georgia): Tush

Translations

language of the country Georgia

Abkhaz: ақырҭуа бызшәа (akərtwa bəzŝʷa) Arabic: جُورْجِيَّة‎ f (jōrjiyya) Armenian: վրացերեն (hy) (vracʿeren) Azerbaijani: gürcü, gürcü dili (az) Basque: georgiera (eu) Bats: კოხურ მოტეჼ (ḳoxur moṭẽ), ბუჲღეჼ (buyɣẽ) Belarusian: грузі́нская мо́ва f (hruzínskaja móva) Bulgarian: грузи́нски m (gruzínski) Catalan: georgià (ca) m Chechen: гуьржийн мотт (güržiin mott) Chinese: Mandarin: 格魯吉亞語／格鲁吉亚语 (gélǔjíyàyǔ), 喬治亞語／乔治亚语 (qiáozhìyàyǔ) Crimean Tatar: gürci tili Czech: gruzínština (cs) f Danish: georgisk (da) n Dhivehi: ޖޯޖިޔާ‎ (jōjiyā) Dutch: Georgisch (nl) n Estonian: gruusia, gruusia keel Finnish: georgia (fi) French: géorgien (fr) m Galician: xeorxiano (gl) m Georgian: ქართული (ka) (kartuli), ქართული ენა (ka) (kartuli ena) German: Georgisch (de) n, Grusinisch n, Kartwelisch (de) n Greek: Γεωργιανά (Georgianá) Gujarati: જ્યોર્જિયન (gu) (jyorjiyan) Hebrew: גאורגית‎ f (ge'orgít), גְּרוּזִינִית‎ f (gruzinít) Hindi: ज्योर्जियन (hi) (jyorjiyan) Hungarian: grúz (hu) Icelandic: georgíska (is) f Indonesian: bahasa Georgia (id) Irish: Seoirsis f Italian: georgiano (it) m Japanese: グルジア語 (ja) (グルジアご, gurujiago), ジョージア語 (ジョージアご, jōjiago) Kazakh: грузин тілі (gruzin tılı) Korean: 그루지야어 (ko) (geurujiya'eo), 조지아어 (ko) (jojia'eo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گورجی‎ (ku) (gurcî) Northern Kurdish: gurckî (ku), gurcî (ku) Kyrgyz: грузин тили (gruzin tili) Laz: Korturi, Korturi nena, Kortuli, Kortuli nena Luxembourgish: Georgesch (lb) Macedonian: грузиски m (gruziski) Maltese: Ġorġjan Mingrelian: ქორთული (kortuli), ქორთული ნინა (kortuli nina) Mongolian: Cyrillic: гүрж хэл (gürž xel) Navajo: Jóojah Dineʼé bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: georgisk (no) m, grusisk m Nynorsk: georgisk (nn) m, grusisk (nn) m Ossetian: гуырдзиаг ӕвзаг (g°yrʒiag ævzag) Persian: گرجی‎ (fa) (gorji) Polish: gruziński (pl) m Portuguese: georgiano (pt) m Romanian: georgiană (ro) f Russian: грузи́нский язы́к m (gruzínskij jazýk), грузи́нский (ru) m (gruzínskij) Scots: Georgie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гру̑зӣјскӣ m Roman: grȗzījskī (sh) m Sicilian: giurgianu (scn) m Slovak: gruzínčina (sk) f Slovene: gruzinščina f Spanish: georgiano (es) m Svan: ლჷქა̈რთუ (ləkärtu), ლჷქა̈რთუ ნინ (ləkärtu nin), ქართუ̂ილ (kartûil), ქართუ̂ილ ნინ (kartûil nin) Swedish: georgiska (sv) c Tagalog: Heyorhiyano Tajik: гурҷӣ (tg) (gurjī) Turkish: Gürcüce (tr) Ukrainian: грузи́нська мо́ва f (hruzýnsʹka móva) Vietnamese: tiếng Gru-di-a Yiddish: גרוזיניש‎ n (gruzinish)

person from the country of Georgia

Abkhaz: а-қы́рҭуа (a-kə́rtwa) Albanian: gjeorgjian (sq) Arabic: جُورْجِيّ‎ m (jōrjiyy), جُورْجِيَّة‎ f (jōrjiyya) Armenian: վրացի (hy) (vracʿi) Old Armenian: վրացի (vracʿi), (collectively) վիրք pl (virkʿ) Azerbaijani: gürcü Basque: georgiar Bats: კოხივ (ḳoxiv), ბუჲნღოვ (buynɣov) Belarusian: грузі́н m (hruzín), грузі́нка f (hruzínka) Bulgarian: грузи́нец m (gruzínec), грузи́нка f (gruzínka) Catalan: georgià (ca) m, georgiana (ca) f Chechen: гуьржи (gürži) Chinese: Mandarin: 格魯吉亞人／格鲁吉亚人 (zh) (gélǔjíyàrén), 喬治亞人／乔治亚人 (qiáozhìyàrén) Crimean Tatar: gürci Czech: Gruzínec (cs) m, Gruzín (cs) m, Gruzínka (cs) f Danish: georgier c Dutch: Georgiër (nl) m, Georgische (nl) f, Georgisch (nl) Esperanto: kartvelo m, kartvelino f, gruzo (eo) m, gruzino f Estonian: grusiin, gruusialane, georgialane Finnish: georgialainen (fi); gruusialainen (fi) (dated) French: Géorgien (fr) m, Géorgienne (fr) f Galician: xeorxiano (gl) m Georgian: ქართველი (ka) (kartveli) German: Georgier (de) m, Georgierin (de) f, Grusier m, Grusierin f Greek: Γεωργιανός (el) m (Georgianós), Γεωργιανή f (Georgianí) Hebrew: גֵּאוֹרְגִּי‎ (he) m (ge'orgí), גאורגית‎ f (ge'orgít), גְּרוּזִינִי‎ (he) m (gruzini), גְּרוּזִינִית‎ f (gruzinit) Hindi: जॉर्जियाई (hi) m or f (jŏrjiyāī) Hungarian: grúz (hu) Icelandic: Georgíumaður m Irish: Seoirseach m Italian: georgiano (it) m, georgiana (it) f Japanese: グルジア人 (グルジアじん, gurujiajin) Kazakh: грузин (gruzin) Korean: 그루지야 사람 (geurujiya saram), 조지아 사람 (jojia saram), 그루지야인 (geurujiyain), 조지아인 (jojiain) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گورجی‎ (ku) (gurcî) Northern Kurdish: gurcistanî (ku), gurcî (ku) Kyrgyz: грузин (gruzin) Latvian: gruzīns m, gruzīniete f Laz: Kortu Lithuanian: gruzinas (lt) m, gruzinė (lt) f Macedonian: Грузиец m (Gruziec), Грузијка f (Gruzijka) Mingrelian: ქორთუ (kortu) Mongolian: Cyrillic: гүрж хүн (gürž xün) Norwegian: Bokmål: georgier (no) m, grusier m Nynorsk: georgiar (nn) m, grusiar (nn) m Ossetian: гуырдзиаг (g°yrʒiag) Persian: گرجی‎ (fa) (gorji) Polish: Gruzin (pl) m, Gruzinka (pl) f Portuguese: georgiano (pt) m Romanian: georgian (ro) m, georgiană (ro) f, gruzin (ro) m, gruzină (ro) f Russian: грузи́н (ru) m (gruzín), грузи́нка (ru) f (gruzínka), (rare) картве́л (ru) m (kartvél), (rare) картве́лка (ru) (kartvélka) Rusyn: грузи́н m (hruzýn) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Грузијац m, Грузијка f, Гру̀зӣн m, Грузинка f Roman: Gruzijac m, Gruzijka f, Grùzīn (sh) m, Gruzinka f Slovak: Gruzínec m, Gruzínka f Slovene: Gruzinec (sl) m, Gruzinka f Spanish: georgiano (es) m, georgiana (es) f Svan: სგა̄უ̂იშ (sgāûiš), მჷქა̈რთ (məkärt), ქართუ̂ელ (kartûel) Swedish: georgier (sv) c, (female) georgiska (sv) c Tagalog: Heyorhiyano Tajik: гурҷӣ (tg) (gurjī) Turkish: Gürcü (tr), Gürcistanlı Turkmen: gürjü, gruzin Ukrainian: грузи́н m (hruzýn), грузи́нка f (hruzýnka) Urdu: جارجیائی‎ (jārjiyā'ī) Uyghur: گرۇزىن‎ (gruzin) Uzbek: gruzin (uz) Vietnamese: người Gru-di-a Yiddish: גרוזינער‎ m (gruziner)

person from the U.S. State of Georgia

Catalan: georgià (ca) m, georgiana (ca) f Esperanto: georgiano m, georgianino f Estonian: georgialane Finnish: georgialainen (fi) French: Géorgien (fr) m, Géorgienne (fr) f Galician: xeorxiano (gl) m Georgian: ჯორჯიელი (ǯorǯieli), ჯორჯიიდან (ǯorǯiidan) Italian: georgiano (it) Portuguese: georgiano (pt) m Russian: джорджи́ец m (džordžíjec), джорджи́йка f (džordžíjka)

Adjective

Georgian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41 – 10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport‎, archived from the original on 10 June 2016, retrieved 24 December 2016:

     As in their narrow defeat of Argentina last week, England were indisciplined at the breakdown, and if Georgian fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili had remembered his kicking boots, Johnson's side might have been behind at half-time.

2. Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia or its Georgian English dialect.

Derived terms

• Georgianization
• Georgianize
• Georgian Orthodox Church
• Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

 

Translations

pertaining to the country, people or language of Georgia

Abkhaz: ақырҭуа (akərtwa) Albanian: gjeorgjez, gjeorgjian (sq) Arabic: جُورْجِيّ‎ (jūrjiyy) Armenian: վրացական (hy) (vracʿakan) Azerbaijani: gürcü Bashkir: грузин (gruzin) Basque: georgiar Belarusian: грузі́нскі (hruzínski) Bengali: জর্জীয় (bn) (jôrjīy) Bulgarian: грузи́нски (gruzínski) Burmese: ဂျော်ဂျီယာ (gyaugyiya) Catalan: georgià (ca) Chechen: гуьржийн (güržiin) Chinese: Mandarin: 格魯吉亞的／格鲁吉亚的 (zh) (Gélǔjíyà de), 喬治亞的／乔治亚的 (zh) (Qiáozhìyà de) Crimean Tatar: gürci Czech: gruzínský (cs) Danish: georgisk (da) Dutch: Georgisch (nl) Estonian: gruusia, Gruusia (et), georgia (et), Georgia (et), grusiini Finnish: georgialainen (fi), gruusialainen (fi) French: géorgien (fr) Georgian: ქართული (ka) (kartuli) German: georgisch (de), grusinisch Greek: γεωργιανός m (georgianós), γεωργιανή f (georgianí), γεωργιανό n (georgianó) Hebrew: גֵּאוֹרְגִּי‎ (he) (ge'orgí), גְּרוּזִינִי‎ (he) (gruzíni) Hindi: जॉर्जियाई (hi) (jŏrjiyāī) Hungarian: grúz (hu) Icelandic: georgískur (is) Irish: Seoirseach Italian: georgiano (it) m Japanese: グルジアの (ja) (Gurujia no), ジョージアの (ja) (Jōjia no) Kazakh: грузин (gruzin) Khmer: ហ្សកហ្ស៊ី (zɑkzii) Korean: 조지아의 (ko) (jojiaui), 그루지야의 (ko) (geurujiyaui) Kyrgyz: грузин (gruzin), гүржү (gürjü) Latin: georgianus, Hibēricus Latvian: gruzīnu, gruzīnisks Lithuanian: gruzinų (lt), gruziniškas (lt) Macedonian: грузиски (gruziski) Malay: Georgia Mongolian: Cyrillic: гүрж (gürž) Norwegian: Bokmål: georgisk (no) Nynorsk: georgisk (nn) Ossetian: гуырдзиаг (g°yrʒiag) Pashto: ګرجي‎ (gorǰī) Persian: گرجی‎ (fa) (gorji) Polish: gruziński (pl) Portuguese: georgiano (pt) Romanian: georgian (ro), gruzin (ro) Russian: грузи́нский (ru) (gruzínskij), (linguistic, rare) картве́льский (ru) (kartvélʹskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гру̑зӣјскӣ, гру̀зӣнскӣ Roman: grȗzījskī (sh), grùzīnskī (sh) Slovak: gruzínsky (sk) Slovene: grȗzijski Spanish: georgiano (es) Swedish: georgisk (sv) Tagalog: Heyorhiyano Tajik: гурҷӣ (tg) (gurjī) Tatar: гөрҗи (görci) Thai: จอร์เจีย (th) (jɔɔ-jiia) Turkish: Gürcü (tr) Turkmen: gruzin, gürjü Ukrainian: грузи́нський (uk) (hruzýnsʹkyj) Urdu: جارجیائی‎ (jārjiyā'ī) Uyghur: گرۇزىن‎ (gruzin) Uzbek: gruzin (uz) Vietnamese: Gru-di-a Yiddish: גרוזינער‎ (gruziner), גרוזיניש‎ (gruzinish)

pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia

Catalan: georgià (ca) Estonian: georgia (et), Georgia (et) Finnish: georgialainen (fi) Icelandic: georgískur (is) Russian: джорджи́йский (džordžíjskij)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Georgian terms
• Appendix:Georgian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Georgian

Etymology 2

The Circus in Bath, England is an example of Georgian architecture – that is, built during the reign of George II of Great Britain (etymology 2)

George +‎ -ian.

Noun

Georgian (plural Georgians)

1. (historical) A British citizen during the reign of a king named George.

Adjective

Georgian (comparative more Georgian, superlative most Georgian)

1. Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830).
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of Stefan George (a German poet).
   • 2001, Martin Travers, Critics of Modernity: The Literature of the Conservative Revolution in Germany, 1890–1933, page 82:

     The same Georgian persona, leonine and sacerdotal (that of the aristocratic priest) appears throughout the reminiscences of all his disciples.

   • 2005, Ernst Osterkamp, “The Legacy of the George Circle”, in Exile, Science and Bildung: The Contested Legacies of German Emigre Intellectuals, page 23:

     Another example of this sterile Georgian orthodoxy is to be found in the case of Ernst Morwitz ...

   • 2012, Paul Fleming, “Bodies: Ernst H. Kantorowicz”, in “Escape to Life”: German Intellectuals in New York: A Compendium on Exile after 1933, page 227:

     Kantorowicz […] warns against confusing a Georgian aesthetic “secret Germany,” which still slumbered in concealment, with contemporary, ‘awakened’ Nazi Germany.

Hyponyms

• Regency (as noun adjunct)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ka, ISO 639-3 code kat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Georgian, kat ⁠
• Georgian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Georgina

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Finnish

Proper noun

Georgian

1. genitive singular of Georgia