პირის დაბანა
“პირის დაბანა” (piris dabana) — to wash up in Georgian. Verb, level A1, topic — everyday life and routine. Literally 'to wash the face' — Georgian names what is washed. Piri is both face and mouth. In a live sentence: “ცივი წყლით პირს ვიბან” — I wash with cold water. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters პ, ი, რ, ი, ს, დ, ა, ბ, ა, ნ, ა.
In short
| Written in Georgian | პირის დაბანა |
| Read in Latin letters | piris dabana |
| Translation | to wash up |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
- პირის დაბანაpiris dabanato wash up
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to wash the face' — Georgian names what is washed. Piri is both face and mouth
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.
- ცივი წყლით პირს ვიბანtsivi tsqlit pirs vibanI wash with cold water
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
- დავარცხნაdavartskhnato comb one’s hairFrom savartskheli, comb. The reflexive form is vivartskhni
- 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 wash up” in Georgian?
Literally 'to wash the face' — Georgian names what is washed. Piri is both face and mouth
- 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 wash up” in Georgian?
«პირის დაბანა», read “piris dabana”. In a live sentence: “ცივი წყლით პირს ვიბან” — I wash with cold water. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1, from the set “everyday life and routine”; written with the characters პ, ი, რ, ი, ს, დ, ა, ბ, ა, ნ, ა.
How is “პირის დაბანა” written in Latin letters?
piris dabana. 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?
Literally 'to wash the face' — Georgian names what is washed. Piri is both face and mouth. 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.