LingoflyHome and things in Georgian
190 words in Georgian on the topic “home and things”: სახლი (sakhli) — house, საცხოვრებელი (satskhovrebeli) — housing, ოთახი (otakhi) — room, სამზარეულო (samzareulo) — kitchen. 190 words can be played from recordings.
190 words on the topic
- სახლიsakhlihouseBoth the building and the home. Sakhlshi means both 'at home' and 'to the house': place and direction share one ending here
- საცხოვრებელიsatskhovrebelihousingInside is vtskhovrob, I live. The sa-...-ebeli frame makes 'that which one lives in'
- ოთახიotakhiroomOne letter a apart from otkhi, four — and the meanings are far apart
- სამზარეულოsamzareulokitchenFrom mzareuli, cook: the kitchen is 'the cook's place'
- აბაზანაabazanabathroomBoth the tub itself and the room. The room more precisely is saabazano
- აივანიaivanibalconyThe carved Tbilisi balconies are exactly these. A Persian word, kin to the 'iwan' of architecture
- სართულიsartulifloorThe floor nearly always takes -ze: meore sartulze, on the second floor
- ლიფტიliptielevatorSpelled with a p but sounding 'lipti': the p in Georgian is an aspirated p, not an f
- კიბეkibestairsthe k is a sharp k with no puff; compare the k in kucha, where the puff is audible
- მაგიდაmagidatableWith -ze this word appears more often than without: magidaze, on the table
- სკამიskamichairChair, stool and park bench — one word
- საწოლიsatsolibedthe ts in the middle is a sharp ts: sa-tso-li
- კარადაkaradawardrobeInside is kari, door: the wardrobe is 'the door thing'
- ფანჯარაpanjarawindowA Persian word that spread across the whole Caucasus. The p here is again 'p', not 'f'
- კარიkaridoorthe k is an ejective k. In ქარი (kari), wind, stands the other k — the same sound but with a puff of air. Our transliteration writes both as k; a Georgian always tells them apart
- გასაღებიgasaghebikeyFrom gagheba, to open: 'that which opens'
- ნათურაnaturalampFrom nateba, to shine. Strictly it is the bulb; the whole fixture is sanathi
- ცხელი წყალიtskheli tsqalihot waterTsqali is water, tskheli is hot. The first phrase upon moving into an apartment
- დენიdenielectricityLiterally 'current'. Deni ar aris — the power is out: that is what an outage is called
- ნაგავიnagavitrashIn the 'whose' form a vowel drops out: nagavi becomes nagvis. Nagvis urna is the trash bin
- დალაგებაdalagebacleaningIt is also the dictionary form of the verb 'to tidy' — again an action noun, like archeva
- რეცხვაretskhvalaundryretskh is r, ts and kh in a row, with no vowel between them: rets-khva
- ჭურჭელიchurchelidishesthe ch is a sharp ch with no puff, as if the word were cut off. Two ch's in one word — a good workout
- პირსახოციpirsakhotsitowelPiri, face, plus sakhotsi, wiper: literally 'a face wiper'
- საპონიsaponisoapKin to the Latin sapo and the Italian sapone — the word traveled the whole Mediterranean
- მეზობელიmezobelineighborThe prefix me- often marks someone located somewhere or occupied with something: mezobeli, metevzi the fisherman
- ბინის პატრონიbinis patronilandlordBina is the apartment. The modifier stands in front in Georgian: first whose, then who
- ქირაkirarent (the rental)Both the renting and the payment itself. vkiraob, I am renting
- კომუნალური გადასახადიkomunaluri gadasakhadiutility billGadasakhadi is a payment, from gadaxda, to pay — the same root as in ramdeni gadavikhado
- რემონტიremontirenovationA borrowing, with the obligatory -i at the end
- ხმაურიანიაkhmaurianiait is noisykhma is voice, khmauri is noise, -iani is 'having', -a is 'is'. Long, but assembled brick by brick
- არ მუშაობსar mushaobsnot workingThe same verb as vmushaob, I work, but with -s: he works. Machinery is spoken of exactly like people
- გაფუჭდაgapuchdait brokePast tense: the -da at the end means 'it became so'. The present is putchdeba, it is breaking
- ჟონავსzhonavsit leakszh is the sound in 'vision', a rare letter. About a bad leak they say tsqali modis — the water is coming
- ოსტატი გამოიძახეთostati gamoidzakhetcall a plumberThe -th at the end of the verb is the polite 'you', exactly as in gaimeoreth
- როდის მოხვალთ?rodis mokhvalt?when will you come?Rodis is when. Again -th: the question is addressed to the polite 'you'
- სინათლეsinatlelightFrom nateli, light-colored. Electricity on bills is deni, and the two are best not confused
- გათბობაgatbobato heatthe thb is an aspirated t straight into b, with no vowel between: gat-bo-ba
- მაცივარიmatsivarirefrigeratorInside sits tsivi, cold: a refrigerator is literally 'the cooling thing'
- როზეტიrozetioutletA borrowing ending in -i. No diminutive shade clings to it: it is simply rozeti
- სახურავიsakhuraviroofFrom xurva, to cover: 'what is covered with'. The same root in daxure — close it
- კედელიkedeliwallthe k is sharp, no puff of air: ke-de-li
- საძინებელიsadzinebelibedroomthe fused dz in the middle: sa-dzi-ne-be-li
- ეზოezocourtyardThe Tbilisi 'Italian courtyard' with balconies all around is an ezo, and it is almost a concept of its own: the neighbors there live like one family
- ჭერიchericeilingthe ch is ejective, sharp, no puff of air: che-ri. With the aspirated ch you would get a word that means something else entirely
- ჭიშკარიchishkarigatea sharp ch at the start: chish-ka-ri
- ღობეghobefencethe gh is voiced and throaty at the start: gho-be
- გარაჟიgarazhigaragezh is the soft zh sound: ga-ra-zhi
- საფოსტო ყუთიsaposto qutimailboxthe throaty q in the second word: sa-pos-to qu-ti
- სარდაფიsardapibasementIn a village house a qvevri of wine stands there; in a city one, jars and bicycles
- ჭურჭლის რეცხვაchurchlis retskhvato do the dishestwo ch in a row in one word, both sharp: church-lis
- დაგვაdagvato sweepcotsxi is a broom, dagva is what you do with it. ezo dagave — sweep the yard
- რეცხვაretskhvato do laundryOne word covers washing clothes and dishes: tansamlis retskhva, churchlis retskhva — only washing hands takes the other verb, davana
- დაუთოებაdautoebato ironStraight from uto, the iron: 'to iron'. Stroking a cat is a completely different word, mopereba
- ვახშმის მომზადებაvakhshmis momzadebato make dinnerthe xshm in the middle with no vowel: vaxsh-mis
- ნაგვის გატანაnagvis gatanato take out the trashnagavi loses a vowel in declension: nagavi into nagvis. gatana is to carry out, the partner of mitana, delivery
- მტვერსასრუტიmtversasrutivacuum cleanerthe mtv at the start with no vowel: mtver-sas-ru-ti
- ჯაგრისიjagrisibrushthe j is a fused j sound: jag-ri-si
- ვედროvedrobucketBorrowed from Russian, with a Georgian -o at the end and no -i. The dictionary word is satli, but in everyday speech it is much rarer than vedro
- უთოutoironTwo syllables, both open: u-to. From it comes the verb dautoeba — to iron
- ვეხმარებიvekhmarebito helpLiterally 'I help'. The one you help stands in the 'to whom' form: dedas vekhmarebi. The request for help: damekhmaret!
- კარი დახურეkari dakhureclose the doorkari is a door — the same spelling as 'wind', context tells them apart — and daxure is close. Politely: kari daxuret
- ფანჯარა გააღეpanjara gaagheopen the windowthe two a's in a row are read separately, then the throaty gh: ga-a-ghe
- მომაწოდეmomatsodepass it to mea sharp ts in the middle: mo-ma-tso-de
- ჩუმად, თუ შეიძლებაchumad, tu sheidzlebaquieter, pleasechumad is quiet, silent; about the loudness of sound they say khma chaatsie — turn the sound down. tu sheidzleba, literally 'if it is possible', is 'please'
- ბინის ქირაობაbinis kiraobato rent an apartmentkiraoba is to rent, to take in hire; gakiraveba is to rent out. The difference is only the preverb ga-, and mixing them up says exactly the opposite. The tenant is mqiravebeli, the landlord mepatrone
- ბინის გაქირავებაbinis gakiravebato rent out an apartmentThe mirror of kiraoba: the preverb ga- turns the action outward, away from oneself. Ads write bina kiravdeba — the apartment is being rented out — in the impersonal form
- ქირავნობის ხელშეკრულებაkiravnobis khelshekrulebaleasekiravnoba is renting as a relation of the parties; xelshekruleba is a contract. Agencies also say it shorter: qiris xelshekruleba. To break it: xelshekrulebis shecqeta
- ბინის ქირაbinis kirathe rent amountqira on its own means hire; with binis it is exactly the rent — the sum you hand to the landlord. Utilities are usually not included and are counted separately
- ქირავნობის ვადაkiravnobis vadalease termvada is a term — for payments and for probation alike. To extend the lease: vadis gagrdzeleba; to break the contract: khelshekrulebis shetsqveta. Automatic renewal: avtomaturi gagrdzeleba
- რიელტორიrieltorirealtorA borrowing with the Georgian -i. The realtor's commission is rieltoris sakomisio, usually one month's payment. The agency is udzravi qonebis saagento, literally 'of immovable property'
- ბინის დათვალიერებაbinis datvalierebaapartment viewingFrom tvali, an eye: literally 'to look over'. To arrange one: datvalierebze shetanxmeba. The word also fits a tour of a museum or an inspection of a car
- ავეჯიანი ბინაavejiani binafurnished apartmentThe -iani suffix means 'with something, having': avejiani — with furniture; balkoniani — with a balcony; orsartuliani — two-story. Unfurnished: avejis gareshe
- შესახლებაshesakhlebato move inThe same word as hotel check-in: the preverb she- is inward, saxli is a house. About settling into a new apartment they say shevsaxldit — we moved in. Moving-in day: shesaxlebis dghe
- გამოსახლებაgamosakhlebato move outThe preverb gamo- means motion outward: the mirror of shesaxleba. Careful: in legal language the same word means forced eviction, and its tone is harsh
- გადასახლებაgadasakhlebamoveThe preverb gada- is 're-', saxli is a house: literally 'a change of house'. The word covers moving to another city and the resettlement of a whole people. Moving to another country is emigracia
- გადავდივარgadavdivarto be movingThe live first-person form: 'I am moving'. The verbal noun is taken by the move as an event, so the verb comes like this — the same is done with vmushaob, vtamashob and vloculob
- მტვირთავიmtvirtavimoverthe mtv is m, a sharp t and v in a row: mtvir-ta-vi
- შეფუთვაsheputvato pack (wrap up)From puta, a bundle. Both the action and the wrapping as material: sheputva on a box means exactly the wrapping. A gift wrapping is sacukris sheputva. Tape is cebovani lenti, a cardboard box muqaos quti
- ამოლაგებაamolagebato unpackLiterally 'to take out and put in place': that is how you unpack a suitcase or boxes after a move. Just opening a box is gakhsna
- ახალი მისამართიakhali misamartinew addressMisamarti means an address. To report a new one: axali misamartis shecqobineba; documents write paqtobrivi misamarti — the actual one
- ნივთების გადატანაnivtebis gadatanamoving of belongingsnivti is a thing, an item; gadatana is a carrying over, with the same gada- preverb as in resettlement. A moving company is gadazidebis kompania
- მოწყობაmotsqobato get settledthe cq is a sharp ts and the throaty q in a row, the hardest spot of the word: mots-qo-ba
- ახალ ადგილს შეჩვევაakhal adgils shechvevato get used to a new placeshecveva is habituation, from ceva, a habit; the habit as a folk custom is cveuleba, a different word. The live form is shevecvie — I got used to it
- ავეჯიavejifurnitureIn the singular the word covers the whole furnishing. A furniture store is avejis magazia, and a single piece is avejis nivti
- დივანიdivanisofaA borrowing, easy to recognise by ear. A fold-out one is gasashleli divani, from gashla, to unfold — the same word spreads a tablecloth and opens an umbrella. The coffee table next to it is zhurnalis magida
- სავარძელიsavardzeliarmchairthe rdz is r and the fused dz in a row: sa-var-dze-li
- თაროtaroshelfIt begins with the aspirated t. A book one is tsignis taro, shelves in the plural tarebi. In a store the goods taroze devs — lie on the shelf. The top one is zeda taro, the bottom qveda taro
- ხალიჩაkhalichacarpetThe word came from the East together with the thing itself. To lay one is xalichis dageba, from dageba, to lay. A small rug by the door carries the same name
- სარკეsarkemirrorTo look in one is sarkeshi chaxedva — literally 'to look into the mirror'. The rear-view one in a car is ukanax hedvis sarke. The stem never changes in declension
- ფარდაpardacurtainthe p is aspirated, not f: par-da
- ბალიშიbalishipillowA pillowcase is balishis piri, literally 'the pillow's face'. A sofa cushion is the same word; Georgian has no separate diminutive. Sleeping on a high pillow: maghal balishze dzili
- საბანიsabaniblanketA warm one is tbili sabani. A duvet cover is sabnis piri, by the same scheme as the pillowcase: piri means both a face and a cover. A throw is the borrowed pledi. A sheet is a separate word, zecari
- ჭაღიchaghichandelierthe ch is ejective with a throaty closure, the gh voiced and throaty: cha-ghi. Two hard sounds in three letters
- საღებავიsaghebavipaintthe gh is voiced and throaty, like a French r: sa-ghe-ba-vi
- კედლების შეღებვაkedlebis sheghebvato paint the wallskedeli is a wall; in declension the e drops out of the middle: kedlis, kedlebi. sheghebva is painting; repainting is gadaghebva, with the preverb gada-
- შპალერიshpaleriwallpaperIn Georgian it is singular: shpalery gavakari — I hung the wallpaper. To hang it is gakvra, the glue is cebo
- კაფელიkapelitileSpecifically wall and floor tile. A bar of chocolate is sokoladis fila, and a cooktop is eleqtrokura: three different 'tiles', three different words
- სახრახნისიsakhrakhnisiscrewdriverthe xhr is kh and r in a row, twice in this word: sa-khrakh-ni-si
- ბურღიburghidrillthe gh at the end of the word, right after r, is voiced and throaty: bur-ghi
- მილიmilipipeA water pipe; a stove chimney is a different word, saqvamuri. A burst pipe: mili gaskda. The plumber is santeknikosi, and that is exactly what you call him
- ნათურა გადაიწვაnatura gadaitsvathe bulb burned outa sharp ts at the end of the word: ga-da-i-tsva
- გათბობაgatbobaheatingFrom tbili, warm — the same root as the name Tbilisi, the city of warm springs. Central heating is centraluri gatboba, the radiator radiatori
- რემონტის გაკეთებაremontis gaketebato renovategaketea is the universal verb of making: you 'make' a renovation, a hairdo and an operation alike. Repairing an appliance is a different word, sheketeba
- მრიცხველიmritskhvelimeterthe mr and then the cxv in a row: mrits-khve-li. No vowel in the first three consonants
- მრიცხველის ჩვენებაmritskhvelis chvenebameter readingscveneba is a reading, from the verb 'to show'; the same word is a witness's testimony in court. To submit readings: cvenebis gadacema. To take them: cvenebis agheba; to send: gagzavna
- წყლის ქვითარიtsqlis kvitariwater billthe cq is a sharp ts and the throaty q in a row, no vowel between: cq-lis
- დენის ქვითარიdenis kvitarielectricity billdeni is electric current, literally 'a flow', from dena, to flow. Light as a phenomenon is sinatle, but you pay by denis kvitari, the current bill. The tariff is tarifi, the kilowatt kilovati
- წყალი გათიშესtsqali gatishesthe water was cut offgatishva is to disconnect: phones and internet are cut off the same way. The form gatisxes means 'they cut it off', naming no one: the utilities are implied
- ნაგვის ურნაnagvis urnatrash binnagavi is trash; in declension the a drops out of the middle: nagvis — as in nagvis gatana, to take out the trash. urna is a bin, including a street one
- სადარბაზოsadarbazoentranceFrom darbazi, a hall: the entrance as the common entry of the building. The entrance number is sadarbazos nomeri. The landing between floors has a different name, bakani, and it is a different place
- დომოფონიdomoponiintercomthe p is aspirated, not f: do-mo-po-ni
- ხმაური მეზობლებისგანkhmauri mezoblebisgannoise from the neighborsxmauri is noise, from xma, voice and sound; the tail -gan means 'from whom'. mezobeli loses its e in declension: mezoblebi. To make noise: xmauris atexa. To ask for quiet: xma chaatsiet, tu sheidzleba
- სახლის წესებიsakhlis tsesebihouse rulesa sharp ts, no puff of air: tse-se-bi
- კონდიციონერიkonditsioneriair conditionerthe k is sharp with no puff of air; the ts is a sharp ts: kon-di-tsi-o-ne-ri
- ღუმელიghumelioventhe gh at the start is voiced and throaty: ghu-me-li
- მიკროტალღური ღუმელიmikrotalghuri ghumelimicrowaveLiterally 'a microwave oven': talgha is a wave. The name is long, and in speech it is shortened to mikrotalguri or people simply say the borrowed mikrovolnovka
- სახეხიsakhekhigraterAssembled with the sa-…-i scheme from xexva, to grate: 'what one grates with'. By the same scheme: saparsi, a razor, and savarcxeli, a comb
- ჩამჩაchamchaladleA ladle, a scoop. An ordinary spoon is kovzi. A slotted spoon is sacuri chamcha — literally 'a straining ladle'
- სახურავიsakhuravilidThe same word as a roof: saxuravi is anything that covers. The pot's lid is kvabis saxuravi; the bottle cap is sacobi or tavisaxuri
- საჭრელი დაფაsachreli dapacutting boardthe ch is ejective — sharp: sa-chre-li
- წინსაფარიtsinsapariapronthe ts is sharp: tsin-sa-pa-ri
- სუფრაsupratableclothThe first meaning of supra is the tablecloth. The same word names the laid table and the whole feast; the sentence makes clear which
- ბლენდერიblenderiblenderA borrowing with the obligatory -i at the end — like mikseri and tosteri. To blend: blenderit atxvepa, with the tail -it, 'with what'
- საკვების კონტეინერიsakvebis konteinerilunch boxthe k twice sharp: sak-ve-bis kon-tei-ne-ri
- სავარცხელიsavartskhelicombthe rcx is r, ts and kh in a row: sa-var-tsxhe-li
- საპარსიsaparsirazorthe p is sharp: sa-par-si
- შამპუნიshampunishampoothe p is sharp: sham-pu-ni
- მაკრატელიmakrateliscissorsthe k and the t are both sharp: mak-ra-te-li
- ნემსიnemsineedleThe same word as an injection: nemsi gamimeketes — they gave me a shot. A sewing needle is saqeravi nemsi, if precision is needed. Threading it: nemsshi dzapis gaqra
- ძაფიdzapithreadthe dz is one fused sound, the p aspirated: dza-pi
- გადაგდებაgadagdebato throw awayTo throw out trash: nagvis gadagdeba. The preverb gada- here means 'away, beyond': the same preverb in resettlement and in exchange
- შენახვაshenakhvato storeTo store a thing, to save a file, to keep a secret: saidumlos shenaxva. Where it is stored takes -shi: macivarshi shenaxva
- სარეცხი მანქანაsaretskhi mankanawashing machinesarecxi is 'what washes and what gets washed': sarecxi pxvnili is laundry detergent; sarecxi alone is the laundry. mankana is both the car and the machine
- ჭურჭლის სარეცხი მანქანაchurchlis saretskhi mankanadishwasherthe ch twice — sharp: chur-chlis
- საყინულეsaqinulechest freezerthe q is a throaty k: sa-qi-nu-le
- ვენტილატორიventilatorifanthe t twice sharp: ven-ti-la-to-ri
- გამათბობელიgamatbobeliheaterAn instrument noun from gatboba, heating, with the -eli suffix: 'what warms'. Other tools are also named 'the thing that does it': gamomrtveli, the switch, and damteni, the charger. Central heating is gatboba
- თმის საშრობიtmis sashrobihair dryerLiterally 'a dryer for hair': sashrobi from sxroba, to dry, by the sa-…-i scheme. A clothes dryer is sarecxis sashrobi, assembled exactly the same way
- დამაგრძელებელიdamagrdzelebeliextension cordthe grdz is g, r and the fused dz in a row: da-ma-grdze-le-be-li
- ჩამრთველიchamrtvelilight switchGeorgian names it by switching on, not off: chamrtveli — from chartva, to switch on. The wall switch and the appliance toggle are one word
- ხრახნიkhrakhnia wood screwA screw and a bolt are one word; the nail, lursmani, is not one of them — it has no thread. The screwdriver is saxraxnisi, of the same root
- ქანჩის გასაღებიkanchis gasaghebiwrenchthe q is aspirated: qan-chis
- მარწუხიmartsukhipliersthe ts is sharp: mar-tsu-khi
- იზოლენტაizolentainsulating tapethe t is sharp: i-zo-len-ta
- წებოtsebogluethe ts is sharp, no puff of air: tse-bo
- სკოჩიskochitapethe k is sharp: sko-chi
- თოკიtokiropethe th is an aspirated t, the k sharp: to-ki
- მიწებებაmitsebebato stick (on)the ts is sharp: mi-tse-be-ba
- მოჭერაmocherato tightenthe ch is ejective — sharp: mo-che-ra
- გაზომვაgazomvato measureFrom zoma, size. You measure length, temperature, pressure: cneva gavizome — I measured the pressure. A tape measure is sazomi lenti
- საკუთარი ხელით შეკეთებაsakutari khelit sheketebato fix things yourselfthe k three times — all sharp: sa-ku-ta-ri, she-ke-te-ba
- შხაპიshkhapishowerthe opening shkh comes with no vowel: shkha-pi
- მაღვიძარაmaghvidzaraalarm clockgh is throaty, and dz is one fused dz sound: ma-ghvi-dza-ra
- თერმომეტრიtermometritemperature gaugeThe second half of the word is the same metri. A home thermometer is also called gradusniki
- ტოსტერიtosteritoasterThe first t is the ejective t. The kitchen device has nothing to do with a toast at the table: a table toast is sadghegrdzelo
- საკერავი მანქანაsakeravi mankanasewing machineThe same sa-…-i frame as in saretskhi: keravs, he sews, gives sakeravi, 'what one sews with'. The tailor, mkeravi, shares the root
- საძირკველიsadzirkvelifoundationdz is one fused dz sound, then rkv with no vowel: sadzir-kve-li
- მოპირკეთებაmopirketebafinishingthe p and k are ejectives: mo-pir-ke-te-ba
- ჩამოშვებაchamoshvebato lowerAgain chamo-, down. To let down what you were holding
- გადაადგილებაgadaadgilebato moveFrom adgili, place: to move from place to place
- ჩამოგდებაchamogdebato dropFrom gdeba, to throw, with the preverb chamo-: to drop down
- იატაკიდან აღებაiatakidan aghebato pick up off the floorIataki is the floor. The tail -idan answers the question 'from where'
- ჩამოკიდებაchamokidebato hangSakidi, hanger, is of the same root
- თაროდან აღებაtarodan aghebato take off the shelfTaro is the shelf. A Georgian would say aighe, 'take', rather than 'take off'
- დაკეცვაdaketsvato foldTo fold in two, to bend. With it one also folds a chair and an umbrella
- გაშლაgashlato spread outTo spread, to unfold. With it one also lays the table: supris gashla
- გახვევაgakhvevato wrapTo wind around; with it one also wraps a scarf
- შეკვრის გახსნაshekvris gakhsnato unwrapShekvra is a bundle. A bundle is precisely 'opened'
- გახსნაgakhsnato openWith it one also opens a bank account and starts an exhibition
- დახურვაdakhurvato shutDakhurulia — 'it is shut' — is what is written on a store door
- ჩაკეტვაchaketvato lockTo shut and to lock are told apart just as in English
- ბოქლომის გახსნაboklomis gakhsnato unlockBoklomi is the lock. There is no separate verb: the lock is 'opened'
- შუქის ანთებაshukis antebato turn on the lightAnteba is to light: the light, and a candle in church
- შუქის ჩაქრობაshukis chakrobato turn off the lightChakroba is to put out, the partner of anteba
- დაჭერაdacherato pressAlso 'to seize' and 'to catch'. The context tells the meanings apart
- სახელურის მოტრიალებაsakheluris motrialebato turn the handleSakheluri is the handle, from kheli, hand
- კარზე დაკაკუნებაkarze dakakunebato knockThe word itself knocks: kakuni is a knock
- ზარის დარეკვაzaris darekvato ring the bellZari is both the doorbell and the phone ring
- ზღურბლიzghurblithresholdFour consonants, zghrbl, in one word. Both the door threshold and the threshold of change
- კარის სახელურიkaris sakheluridoor handleFrom kheli, hand. A pen is quite a different word, kalami
- კარის საკეტიkaris saketidoor lockFrom ketva, to lock, with the sa-...-i ring. The padlock is boklomi
- კარის ზარიkaris zaridoorbellOne zari covers the doorbell, the phone ring and the church bell
- ფანჯრის რაფაpanjris rapawindowsillIn the 'whose' form a vowel drops out: panjara, but panjris
- ტიულის ფარდაtiulis pardadrapeOne parda covers curtain and drape alike; the light kind is specified by fabric
- ღამის ნათურაghamis naturanight lightghamis is the 'whose' form of ghame: the lamp of the night
- ნიჟარაnizharasinkThe letter zh sounds like the s in 'measure'. Also a seashell
- ვანაvanabathtubThe tub itself. In speech abazana more often means the room, not the tub
- უნიტაზიunitazitoiletAn ejective t in the middle. The room as a whole is tualeti
- შლანგიshlangihoseA borrowing, but it declines the Georgian way: shlangith, with the hose
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
სახლი (sakhli) — house. Both the building and the home. Sakhlshi means both 'at home' and 'to the house': place and direction share one ending here.
საცხოვრებელი (satskhovrebeli) — housing. Inside is vtskhovrob, I live. The sa-...-ebeli frame makes 'that which one lives in'.
ოთახი (otakhi) — room. One letter a apart from otkhi, four — and the meanings are far apart.
სამზარეულო (samzareulo) — kitchen. From mzareuli, cook: the kitchen is 'the cook's place'.
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is სახლი (sakhli) — house.
- What is this word?
It is ლიფტი (lipti) — elevator.
- What is this word?
It is კარი (kari) — door.
- What is this word?
It is რეცხვა (retskhva) — laundry.
- What is this word?
It is კომუნალური გადასახადი (komunaluri gadasakhadi) — utility bill.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house” in Georgian?
Both the building and the home. Sakhlshi means both 'at home' and 'to the house': place and direction share one ending here
- How do you say “elevator” in Georgian?
Spelled with a p but sounding 'lipti': the p in Georgian is an aspirated p, not an f
- How do you say “door” in Georgian?
Door and wind are written almost alike: კარი (kari) and ქარი (kari)
- How do you say “laundry” in Georgian?
Both washing clothes and washing in general: churcxlis retskhva is doing the dishes
- How do you say “utility bill” in Georgian?
Gadasakhadi is a payment, from gadaxda, to pay — the same root as in ramdeni gadavikhado
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house” in Georgian?
«სახლი» (sakhli), read “sakhli”. Both the building and the home. Sakhlshi means both 'at home' and 'to the house': place and direction share one ending here. It is one of 190 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 190 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.
Is there audio?
Yes, 190 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.