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- საღებავის ფუნჯიsaghebavis punjipaintbrush
“საღებავის ფუნჯი” (saghebavis punji) — paintbrush in Georgian. Noun, level A1. Punji is the drawing brush; the 'whose' form saghebavis, of paint, turns it into the painter's kind. In a live sentence: “საღებავის ფუნჯი გავრეცხე” (saghebavis punji gavretskhe) — I washed the paintbrush. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, ა, ღ, ე, ბ, ა, ვ, ი, ს, ფ, უ, ნ… A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | საღებავის ფუნჯი (saghebavis punji) |
| Read in Latin letters | saghebavis punji |
| Translation | paintbrush |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
punji is the drawing brush; the 'whose' form saghebavis, of paint, turns it into the painter's kind
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.
- საღებავის ფუნჯი გავრეცხეsaghebavis punji gavretskheI washed the paintbrush
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 “paintbrush” in Georgian?
«საღებავის ფუნჯი» (saghebavis punji), read “saghebavis punji”. In a live sentence: “საღებავის ფუნჯი გავრეცხე” (saghebavis punji gavretskhe) — I washed the paintbrush. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ს, ა, ღ, ე, ბ, ა, ვ, ი, ს, ფ, უ, ნ…
How is “საღებავის ფუნჯი” (saghebavis punji) written in Latin letters?
saghebavis punji. 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?
Punji is the drawing brush; the 'whose' form saghebavis, of paint, turns it into the painter's kind. 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 this 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.