ეჭვმიტანილი
“ეჭვმიტანილი” (echvmitanili) — suspect in Georgian. Noun, level B1. the ch is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: echv-mi-ta-ni-li. In a live sentence: “ეჭვმიტანილი დაკითხვაზე დუმდა” — The suspect stayed silent during the interrogation. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ე, ჭ, ვ, მ, ი, ტ, ა, ნ, ი, ლ, ი. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ეჭვმიტანილი |
| Read in Latin letters | echvmitanili |
| Translation | suspect |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ეჭვმიტანილიechvmitanilisuspect
How to pronounce it
the ch is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: echv-mi-ta-ni-li
Why it looks that way
Assembled from echvi, doubt, suspicion, and mitanili, brought in: 'the one on whom suspicion has been brought'. echvi itself will appear as a separate word in the doubt unit — there it means exactly doubt
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.
- ეჭვმიტანილი დაკითხვაზე დუმდაechvmitanili dakitkhvaze dumdaThe suspect stayed silent during the interrogation
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 “suspect” in Georgian?
«ეჭვმიტანილი», read “echvmitanili”. the ch is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: echv-mi-ta-ni-li. In a live sentence: “ეჭვმიტანილი დაკითხვაზე დუმდა” — The suspect stayed silent during the interrogation. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ე, ჭ, ვ, მ, ი, ტ, ა, ნ, ი, ლ, ი.
How is “ეჭვმიტანილი” written in Latin letters?
echvmitanili. 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?
Assembled from echvi, doubt, suspicion, and mitanili, brought in: 'the one on whom suspicion has been brought'. echvi itself will appear as a separate word in the doubt unit — there it means exactly doubt. 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.