პიტნა

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • პიტნაკი (ṗiṭnaḳi)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Classical Persian پودنه (pūdina). Seems to have replaced Old Georgian პიტნაკი (ṗiṭnaḳi), for which compare Middle Persian *pūdīnag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʼitʼna/
  • Hyphenation: პიტ‧ნა

Noun

პიტნა • (ṗiṭna) (plural პიტნები)

  1. mint, spearmint

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • ბაღის პიტნა (baɣis ṗiṭna)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պիտնա (pitna)
  • Laz: პიტნე (p̌iťne)
  • Mingrelian: პიტინე (ṗiṭine)
  • Svan: პიტნა̈ჲ (ṗiṭnäy)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “პიტნაკი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 342
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