აფთიაქი

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian апте́ка (aptéka) undergoing Georgianization to make the word pronounced more freely.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apʰtʰiakʰi/
  • Hyphenation: აფ‧თი‧ა‧ქი

Noun

აფთიაქი • (aptiaki) (plural აფთიაქები)

  1. pharmacy
  2. (figuratively, Imereti) place where goods are very expensive

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  • Ǯorbenaʒe, Besarion (1997) Giorgi Gogolašvili, editor, Ena da ḳulṭura [Language and Culture], Tbilisi, §22, page 16
  • Beriʒe, Vuḳol (1912) “აფთიაქი”, in Siṭq̇vis-ḳona imerul da rač̣ul tkmata (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 6) (in Georgian), С.-Петербургъ: тип. Имп. Академiи наукъ
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