ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი
“ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი” (tkivilgamaquchebeli) — painkiller in Georgian. Noun, level B1. long but it divides evenly: tki-vil-ga-ma-qu-che-be-li. In a live sentence: “ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი ერთი აბი დავლიე” — I took one painkiller tablet. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ტ, კ, ი, ვ, ი, ლ, გ, ა, მ, ა, ყ, უ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი |
| Read in Latin letters | tkivilgamaquchebeli |
| Translation | painkiller |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ტკივილგამაყუჩებელიtkivilgamaquchebelipainkiller
How to pronounce it
long but it divides evenly: tki-vil-ga-ma-qu-che-be-li
Why it looks that way
Assembled from two: tkivili, pain, and gamaquchebeli, soothing. The ma-…-ebeli scheme is the same as in the word for a heater
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.
- ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი ერთი აბი დავლიეtkivilgamaquchebeli erti abi davlieI took one painkiller tablet
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 “painkiller” in Georgian?
«ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი», read “tkivilgamaquchebeli”. long but it divides evenly: tki-vil-ga-ma-qu-che-be-li. In a live sentence: “ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი ერთი აბი დავლიე” — I took one painkiller tablet. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ტ, კ, ი, ვ, ი, ლ, გ, ა, მ, ა, ყ, უ.
How is “ტკივილგამაყუჩებელი” written in Latin letters?
tkivilgamaquchebeli. 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 two: tkivili, pain, and gamaquchebeli, soothing. The ma-…-ebeli scheme is the same as in the word for a heater. 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.