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პატარა

პატარა

Georgian

Adjective

პატარა(ṗaṭara) (comparative უფრო პატარა, superlative ყველაზე პატარა)

  1. little, small

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Antonyms

Derived terms

  • პატარაობა (ṗaṭaraoba)
  • დიდი თუ პატარა (didi tu ṗaṭara)
  • პატარკაციშვილი (ṗaṭarḳacišvili)

Related


Old Georgian

Etymology

Attested only once in the first book of XI-century hymnographer Ezra of Mtatsminda.

According to Ačaṙean, borrowing from Old Armenian պատառ (pataṙ, piece, morsel (of bread)). The sense “little, small” of modern Georgian is present also in dialectal Armenian պատառ (pataṙ, little, small) and Udi пӏатӏар (ṗaṭar, little, small), also from Armenian.

Noun

პატარა (ṗaṭara)

  1. small piece of bread

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), პატარა”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 337
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պատառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 36