ქუეყანა

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• ქუჱყანა (kuēq̇ana)

Etymology

From ქუე- (kue-) + ყანაჲ (q̇anay), which literally translates as "land that is under us".

Noun

ქუეყანა • (kueq̇ana)

1. ground, earth
2. (by extension) land, territory
3. (by extension) country

Descendants

• Georgian: ქვეყანა (kveq̇ana)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ქუეყანა”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 766ab