პატარა

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian პატარა (ṗaṭara); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʼatʼaɾa]
• Hyphenation: პა‧ტა‧რა

Adjective

indeclinable

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

1. little, small

Synonyms

• მცირე (mcire)

Antonyms

• დიდი (didi)

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• პაატა (ṗaaṭa)

Old Georgian

Etymology

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

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed 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.

Compare also ფატარი (paṭari, “crumbly (bread, wood); rotten, hollow”).

Noun

პატარა • (ṗaṭara)

1. small piece of bread

Descendants

• Georgian: პატარა (ṗaṭara)

References

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “პატარა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 337
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատառ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 36