სამაშველო სამსახური
“სამაშველო სამსახური” (samashvelo samsakhuri) — rescue service in Georgian. Noun, level B1. From shvela, help and rescue: mishvelet! means 'save us!'. Its number in Georgia is 112. In a live sentence: “სამაშველო სამსახური მთაში ავიდა” — The rescue service went up into the mountains. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, ა, მ, ა, შ, ვ, ე, ლ, ო, ს, ა, მ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | სამაშველო სამსახური |
| Read in Latin letters | samashvelo samsakhuri |
| Translation | rescue service |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- სამაშველო სამსახურიsamashvelo samsakhurirescue service
Why it looks that way
From shvela, help and rescue: mishvelet! means 'save us!'. Its number in Georgia is 112
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.
- სამაშველო სამსახური მთაში ავიდაsamashvelo samsakhuri mtashi avidaThe rescue service went up into the mountains
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 “rescue service” in Georgian?
«სამაშველო სამსახური», read “samashvelo samsakhuri”. In a live sentence: “სამაშველო სამსახური მთაში ავიდა” — The rescue service went up into the mountains. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ს, ა, მ, ა, შ, ვ, ე, ლ, ო, ს, ა, მ.
How is “სამაშველო სამსახური” written in Latin letters?
samashvelo samsakhuri. 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 shvela, help and rescue: mishvelet! means 'save us!'. Its number in Georgia is 112. 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.