ჭეშმარიტება
“ჭეშმარიტება” (cheshmariteba) — verity in Georgian. Noun, level B1. the opening ch is ejective: a sharp clipped ch with a catch. In a live sentence: “ჭეშმარიტება ორივე მხარეს შორისაა” — The verity lies somewhere between the two sides. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ჭ, ე, შ, მ, ა, რ, ი, ტ, ე, ბ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ჭეშმარიტება |
| Read in Latin letters | cheshmariteba |
| Translation | verity |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ჭეშმარიტებაcheshmaritebaverity
How to pronounce it
the opening ch is ejective: a sharp clipped ch with a catch
Why it looks that way
Bookish and lofty. The familiar simartle is everyday truth, and in speech people take that one
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ჭეშმარიტება ორივე მხარეს შორისააcheshmariteba orive mkhares shorisaaThe verity lies somewhere between the two sides
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “verity” in Georgian?
«ჭეშმარიტება», read “cheshmariteba”. the opening ch is ejective: a sharp clipped ch with a catch. In a live sentence: “ჭეშმარიტება ორივე მხარეს შორისაა” — The verity lies somewhere between the two sides. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ჭ, ე, შ, მ, ა, რ, ი, ტ, ე, ბ, ა.
How is “ჭეშმარიტება” written in Latin letters?
cheshmariteba. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Bookish and lofty. The familiar simartle is everyday truth, and in speech people take that one. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.