საქორთუო

Mingrelian

Etymology

ქორთუ (kortu) +‎ სა- -ო (sa- -o). Compare to Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo, “Georgia”) and Laz ოქორთურა (okortura, “Georgia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈkʰɔrtʰuɔ/
• Hyphenation: სა‧ქორ‧თუ‧ო

Proper noun

საქორთუო • (sakortuo)

1. Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

See also

• სამარგალო (samargalo)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “საქორთუო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1295
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 458