ანთება

Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat- ~ *nt- (“to shine, give light”), whence also ნათელი (nateli). Compare Old Armenian անթեղ (antʻeł), possibly a Kartvelian borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /antʰeba/
  • Hyphenation: ან‧თე‧ბა

Noun

ანთება • (anteba) (plural ანთებები)

  1. (medicine) inflammation

Verbal noun

ანთება • (anteba)

  1. verbal noun of აანთებს (aantebs)

Derived terms
  • ანთებიანი (antebiani)

See also

References
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 136
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ანთება”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
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