Kartvelian

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Kartvelian

/kɑɹtˈvɛliən/ US
/kɑɹtˈviːliən/ US
/kɑːtˈviːliən/ UK
/kɑːtˈvɛliən/ UK

noun Kartvelians

A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
Similar: Kartvel, South Caucasian
A Georgian person.

proper noun

A family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people. But this is not just a borrowed label: in the Semitic, Kartvelian and Indo-European forms, a native verbal root has been reduplicated to form a noun which characteristically does the action of the verb.
Similar: South Caucasian

adjective

not comparable pertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian.
Similar: South Caucasian, Georgian
not comparable same as Georgian (language or ethnicity)
Similar: Georgian

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noun member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus

Русский	картвел kartvel, картвелка kartvelka

name family of languages

Русский	картвельский kartvelʹskij

adj pertaining to the Kartvelian languages

Русский	картвельский kartvelʹskij

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@misc{kartvelian_2026,
  title = {Kartvelian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kartvelian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}