მატური

Georgian

Etymology

From Armenian մատուռ (matuṙ), from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “shrine of a martyr”). Direct borrowing from Ancient Greek would have yielded Georgian *მარტული (*marṭuli).

Noun

მატური • (maṭuri)

1. a quarter of the cemetery, where the dead of one family are buried

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մատուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “მატური”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences