დავარცხნა
“დავარცხნა” (davartskhna) — to comb one’s hair in Georgian. Verb, level A1, topic — everyday life and routine. From savartskheli, comb. The reflexive form is vivartskhni. In a live sentence: “სარკის წინ ივარცხნის” — She is combing her hair in front of the mirror. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters დ, ა, ვ, ა, რ, ც, ხ, ნ, ა. One of 12 words in the set “everyday life and routine” in the Georgian course.
In short
| Written in Georgian | დავარცხნა |
| Read in Latin letters | davartskhna |
| Translation | to comb one’s hair |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
- დავარცხნაdavartskhnato comb one’s hair
Why it looks that way
From savartskheli, comb. The reflexive form is vivartskhni
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.
- სარკის წინ ივარცხნისsarkis tsin ivartskhnisShe is combing her hair in front of the mirror
Nearby words: everyday life and routine
Work, home, rest, errands. The words the answer to “how are things?” is made of.
- სამსახურიsamsakhuriworkFrom msakhuri, servant: work as service
- ვმუშაობvmushaobto workA personal form: vmushaob, I work. He works is mushaobs: the v- leaves, the -s arrives
- გაღვიძებაgaghvidzebato wake upThe living form is vighvidzeb. To wake someone else is gavaghvidzeb, with the version marker a-
- ადგომაadgomato get upThe living form is vdgebi. Waking and getting up are different deeds and different verbs
- პირის დაბანაpiris dabanato wash upLiterally 'to wash the face' — Georgian names what is washed. Piri is both face and mouth
- გაპარსვაgaparsvato shaveThe reflexive form is viparsav; the version marker i- points it at oneself
- ჩაცმაchatsmato get dressedThe reflexive form is vitvam. The prefix cha- points the movement inward
- გახდაgakhdato undressThe trap: the same word means 'to become someone'. Only the context tells
- დაჯდომაdajdomato sit downThe imperative dajeki stands in the heading of the grammar note about requests and prohibitions
- დაწოლაdatsolato lie downThe living form is vtsvebi. The root changes entirely and has to be learned separately
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “everyday life and routine”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “to comb one’s hair” in Georgian?
From savartskheli, comb. The reflexive form is vivartskhni
- How do you say “to get dressed” in Georgian?
The reflexive form is vitvam. The prefix cha- points the movement inward
- How do you say “to wake up” in Georgian?
The living form is vighvidzeb. To wake someone else is gavaghvidzeb, with the version marker a-
- How do you say “to lie down” in Georgian?
The living form is vtsvebi. The root changes entirely and has to be learned separately
- How do you say “to shave” in Georgian?
The reflexive form is viparsav; the version marker i- points it at oneself
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 “to comb one’s hair” in Georgian?
«დავარცხნა», read “davartskhna”. In a live sentence: “სარკის წინ ივარცხნის” — She is combing her hair in front of the mirror. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1, from the set “everyday life and routine”; written with the characters დ, ა, ვ, ა, რ, ც, ხ, ნ, ა.
How is “დავარცხნა” written in Latin letters?
davartskhna. 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?
From savartskheli, comb. The reflexive form is vivartskhni. 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.