LingoflyPeople and family in Georgian
190 words in Georgian on the topic “people and family”: მეგობარი (megobari) — friend, ოჯახი (ojakhi) — family, დედა (deda) — mother, მამა (mama) — father. 190 words can be played from recordings.
190 words on the topic
- მეგობარიmegobarifriendAddressing a friend is megobaro: the ending -o is how Georgian calls out to someone
- ოჯახიojakhifamilyA Persian word. About family one says hqavs — the verb for people, not akvs, the one for things
- დედაdedamotherHence dedaena, mother tongue — literally 'mother language'
- მამაmamafatherThe trap for beginners: mama in Georgian is the father
- შვილიshvilichildMeans both son and daughter: the word names no sex at all. A boy separately is vaji, a girl kalishvili. Hence the surnames in -shvili, 'such-and-such's child'
- გამყიდველიgamqidvelisellerthe start is not 'gamq' with an English q: the q comes from the very depth of the throat, the lips do not move
- მყიდველიmqidvelibuyerThe same word without ga-: the seller is gamqidveli, the buyer mqidveli — two letters apart
- მეზობელიmezobelineighborThe prefix me- often marks someone located somewhere or occupied with something: mezobeli, metevzi the fisherman
- ადამიანიadamianipersonFrom the name Adam. About people in general one more often says khalxi — folk, people; adamiani is one individual
- კაციkatsimanthe k is a sharp k with no puff: the throat clicks and no air goes out. The aspirated kh in khali sounds quite different
- ქალიkaliwomanKhali and katsi are a pair, and the whole difference is the first letter: aspirated kh against sharp k. Wife is a different word, tsoli
- ჭაბუკიchabukia teenagerthe ch is a sharp ch with a glottal click, no puff; the aspirated ch in chartva is softer
- გოგონაgogonaa young womanGogo is a little girl; gogona is the same word, more affectionate and older — said of a girl too. About a grown woman one says khali
- მოხუციmokhutsiold manWorks as noun and adjective alike: mokhutsi katsi, an old man. About things 'old' is dzveli
- უცნობიutsnobistrangerThe u- negates, tsnoba is to recognize: 'unrecognized'. Do not confuse with utskhoeli, foreigner — a stranger may well be one of your own
- ბრბოbrbocrowdBrbo is an uncontrolled crowd, a word with a shade of wariness. Simply many people is bevri khalxi
- ვაჟიvazhisonthe zh is the sound in 'measure', and it must be followed by -i
- თმაtmahairIn Georgian this is singular: hair is one mass, not many strands
- მაღალიmaghalitallthe gh is a gargled g from the depth: ma-gha-li
- დაბალიdabalilowThe partner of maghali in every sense: a short person, a low price, a low voice
- ახალგაზრდაakhalgazrdayoungthe heart lgazrd is read with no inserted vowels: a-khal-gaz-rda
- წვერიtsveribeardthe ts is a sharp ts with no puff, with a v right behind it: tsve-ri
- ულვაშიulvashimustacheLike the beard, it is singular in Georgian: a mustache is one thing
- გამხდარიgamkhdariskinnythe cluster mkhd in the middle has no inserted vowel: gam-khda-ri
- მსუქანიmsukanifatAbout a person the word is blunt and not the politest; about food msukani means fatty
- სიმპათიურიsimpatiurigood-lookingthe p is an ejective p in the middle: sim-pa-ti-u-ri
- გარეგნობაgaregnobaappearanceFrom gare, outer: that which is outside. The partner is shinagani, inner
- კეთილიketilikindthe k is a sharp k with no puff of air; the t is aspirated like in 'top': ke-ti-li
- მხიარულიmkhiarulicheerfulSaid of people and of evenings alike: a mkhiaruli saghamo is a fun evening. The opening mkh is two consonants with no vowel between them
- ჭკვიანიchkvianismartthe ch is ejective — a sharp ch cut off with no puff of air, with k right behind it: chkvi-a-ni
- ბოროტიborotiwickedthe t is ejective — a sharp t with no puff of air: bo-ro-ti
- მშვიდიmshvidicalmFrom the same family: mshvidoba is peace, and dila mshvidobisa — 'a morning of peace' — is good morning
- თავაზიანიtavazianipoliteInside sits tavaza, courtesy. For polite speech there is a second word too, zrdilobiani
- ზარმაციzarmatsilazyLaziness as a noun is sizmace, wearing the same si- prefix as sixaruli, joy
- მამაციmamatsibraveLooks like mama, father — and the kinship is real: to be brave here is to be manly
- პატიოსანიpatiosanihonesttwo ejectives in a row at the start — p and t, both with no puff of air: pa-ti-o-sa-ni
- ხასიათიkhasiaticharacterHas a second life as 'mood': karg khasiatze var — 'I'm in a good mood', literally 'on a good character'
- პატარძალიpatardzalibridethe p is sharp, the dz fused: pa-tar-dza-li
- სიძეsidzegroomThe same word means 'son-in-law': the bride's family call the groom sidze. The groom before the wedding, the fiancé, is sakmro
- დაქორწინებაdakortsinebato get marriedThe same root as qortsili, a wedding. One verb for both the man and the woman: davqortsindi — I got married — either of them will say
- განქორწინებაgankortsinebadivorceThe same root as getting married, but with the preverb gan- — 'apart': the preverbs work exactly like the English 'un-' and 'dis-'
- მშობლებიmshoblebiparentsthe msh at the start with no vowel: mshob-le-bi
- ძმაdzmabrotherthe dz is fused, with m right behind it: dzma. One syllable, no vowel between
- დაdasisterThe very same word as the conjunction 'and': deda da mama — mother and father; chemi da — my sister. Its place in the phrase and the possessive before it tell them apart
- ბებიაbebiagrandmaOne addresses her as bebo. Fused into one word it becomes bebiachemi — 'my grandma'
- ბაბუაbabuagrandpaIn eastern Georgia they say papa — and that is grandpa, not the pope. The address is babu
- ბიძაbidzaunclethe fused dz in the middle: bi-dza
- დეიდაdeidaauntStrictly the mother's sister. The father's sister is mamida, the uncle's wife bitcola: Georgian keeps all three apart
- შვილიშვილიshvilishviligrandchildLiterally 'a child of a child': shvili, child, doubled. No gender, like shvili — a granddaughter is the same word
- ნათესავიnatesavirelativeFrom tesva, to sow: kin as one common sowing. axlo natesavi is a close relative
- ბიძაშვილიbidzashvilimale cousinLiterally 'an uncle's child'. An aunt's child is deidashvili or mamidashvili: Georgian finds one word 'cousin' not enough and splits it
- ბავშვებიbavshvebichildrenthe vshv cluster in the middle: bav-shve-bi
- ბიჭიbichiboythe ch is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: bi-chi. With the aspirated ch it would be a different word
- გოგოgogoa girl (a child)Both a girl and a young woman — the partner of bichi. The affectionate form is gogona
- ქალიშვილიkalishvilidaughterFrom kali, woman, and shvili, child: 'a woman-child'. In the family people usually say chemi shvili — my child; the gender is named only when it matters
- რამდენი წლის ხარ?ramdeni tslis khar?how old are you?Literally 'of how many years are you': age is the 'whose' form of tseli, a year. Politely: ramdeni tslis khart?
- ზრდასრულიzrdasruliadultthree consonants at the start: zrda-sru-li
- მოზარდიmozarditeenagerThe same zrda root, growth, but with mo-: 'one who is growing'. In speech people usually just say the borrowed teinjeri
- ჩვილიchviliinfantA child under one year old. After that it is already patara or bavshvi
- ასაკიasakiageA word of forms: asaki goes in the papers, while in conversation they ask ramdeni tslis xar?
- ოცდაათი წლის ვარotsdaati tslis varI'm thirtyThe old twenties-based counting in full glory: ocsdaati is 'twenty and ten'. Literally the phrase says 'I am of thirty years'
- ხუჭუჭაkhuchuchacurlythe ch twice, both sharp: khu-chu-cha
- მელოტიmelotibaldthe t is ejective — sharp, the tongue tip bouncing: me-lo-ti
- ჭაღარაchagharagray-hairedthe ch is ejective; the gh is voiced and throaty: cha-gha-ra
- სიმაღლეsimaghleheightFrom maghali, tall, with the si- prefix that turns a quality into a noun: simaghle, sigrdze, length, siscrape, speed. The same word is the height of a mountain and of a house: Georgian does not give a person's stature a separate word
- ტანადიtanadislenderthe t is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: ta-na-di
- საშუალო ტანისsashualo tanisof average buildLiterally 'of average figure': the 'whose' form of tani in -is. About height you can also say sasualo simaghlis, but in describing a person tanis sounds more often
- გულუხვიgulukhvigenerousguli, heart, plus uxvi, abundant: generous is one with an abundant heart. Georgian has many gul- words about character: gulgrili, indifferent, and gulgatexili, heartbroken
- მომთმენიmomtmenipatientFrom tmena, to endure. Patience is motmineba, and moitmine! means 'hold on!'. About a very patient one they say didi motminebis adamiania — a person of great patience
- შრომისმოყვარეshromismoqvarehardworkingthe q is a throaty k in the middle of the long word: shro-mis-mo-qva-re
- საიმედოsaimedoreliableFrom imedi, hope: one you can hope for. Said of a person and of a thing alike — saimedo mankana. The sa-…-o scheme here is the same as in sasacilo, funny
- მოკრძალებულიmokrdzalebulimodestthe krc is a sharp k, r and the fused dz in a row: mok-rdza-le-bu-li
- კომუნიკაბელურიkomunikabelurisociablethe k twice sharp, no puff of air: ko-mu-ni-ka-be-lu-ri
- მზრუნველიmzrunvelicaringFrom zrunva, to care for. bavshvze zrunva is care for a child, with the tail -ze. A caring mother is mzrunveli deda
- სერიოზულიseriozuliseriousAbout a person and about a matter alike: seriozuli problema is a serious problem. serioziad? with a questioning tone means 'seriously?' — just as in English
- ზრდილობიანიzrdilobianiwell-manneredFrom zrdiloba, good manners, courtesy. The opposite is assembled with the u- prefix and the -eli suffix: uzrdeli — ill-mannered, a lout. Polite in speech is tavaziani
- იუმორის გრძნობაiumoris grdznobasense of humorthe grdzn is g, r, the fused dz and n in a row: grdzno-ba
- ხარბიkharbigreedyGreedy for everything — money, food, power. Stingy specifically with money is a different word, dzunci, though English would call both greedy
- ჯიუტიjiutistubbornStubborn about a person, a child and an illness alike: jiuti xvela is a stubborn cough. Stubbornness is jiutoba; to dig one's heels in — jiutobs
- უხეშიukheshirudeAbout a person, a fabric and a job alike: uxeshi cxovili is coarse fabric; uxeshi shecdoma is a gross error. To be rude to someone: uxeshad pasuxi — a rude answer
- თავხედიtavkhedibrazentavi, self, plus xedi, a look: one who sees only himself. A strong word, almost an insult: taxedi xar! sounds like 'what a cheek you have!'
- ცბიერიtsbiericunningA bookish word with a shade of slyness. In live speech the sly one is more often called eshmaqi — the same word as 'devil' — and it sounds almost affectionate: eshmaqi bavshvia
- ყბედიqbedichattythe q at the very start is a throaty k from deep in the throat: qbe-di
- გაფანტულიgapantuliabsent-mindedFrom pantva, to scatter: absent-minded is literally 'scattered'. More often said about attention: gapantuli quradgheba. Flustered is a different word, dabneuli
- ცხარეtskharehot-temperedThe same word as 'spicy' about food. About a person it means hot-tempered: cxare xasiati avqs — he has a hot temper. Only the topic tells the meanings apart
- გულგრილიgulgriliindifferentguli, heart, plus grili, cool: indifferent is cool of heart. One of the gul- words, alongside guluxvi, generous, and gulgatexili, heartbroken
- ჩვევაchvevahabitThe habit of one person. Don't confuse with cveuleba, a folk custom: the custom belongs to a people, the habit to you. A bad one is cudi ceva
- დაქალიdakalifemale friendda, sister, plus kali, woman: a very close female friend, closer than plain megobari. Georgian has no gender, and megobari is both friend and female friend. The male counterpart is dzmakatsi
- ნაცნობიnatsnobiacquaintanceFrom cnoba, to recognize: one whom you recognize. Both a noun and an adjective: nacnobi saxe — a familiar face. Getting acquainted is gacnoba
- ნიჭიnichitalentthe ch is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: ni-chi
- დაბადებაdabadebato be bornA verbal noun: both birth and 'to be born'. I was born — davibade; he was born — daibada. The birthday is dabadebis dghe, the same word with the -is tail that answers 'of what'
- ბავშვობაbavshvobachildhoodFrom bavshvi, a child, with the -oba suffix that turns a person into a period of life or a quality: bavshvoba, childhood; megobroba, friendship; jiutoba, stubbornness
- ახალგაზრდობაakhalgazrdobayouth (the time of life)From axalgazrda, young — literally 'newly grown' — with the same -oba. The word covers youth as a period and young people as a crowd: axalgazrdoba quchashia
- ზრდასრული ცხოვრებაzrdasruli tskhovrebaadult lifethe opening zrd is three consonants in a row with no vowel: zrda-sru-li
- თაობაtaobagenerationA generation of people. The older one: uprosi taoba; the younger: axalgazrda taoba. The same -oba suffix as in bavshvoba gathers here not a period but people of one time
- მშობლიური ქალაქიmshobliuri kalakihometownThe same mshobliuri, native, as in mshobliuri ena, the native language. A person from the same place is tanamamule, and the question 'where are you from' sounds saidan xart?
- ქვეყანაში ხუთი წელი ვიცხოვრეkveqanashi khuti tseli vitskhovreto live in the country for five yearsthe q a deep throaty k, the ts sharp: kve-qa-na-shi, tse-li
- მოგონებაmogonebarecollectionA recollection as what stayed in the memory. Memoirs are mogonebebi, in the plural. The same root in gagoneba, to hear by chance, and mogoneba, to recall
- ძველი ფოტოdzveli potoold photothe dz one fused sound, the t sharp: dzve-li po-to
- ბედიbedifateFate and luck at once: bedi gaughima — luck smiled on him. Happy is bednieri, unhappy ubeduri — and in both the same bed is visible
- ახალი ცხოვრების დაწყებაakhali tskhovrebis datsqebato start a new lifethe ts sharp, the q a throaty k: da-tsqe-ba
- ოჯახის შექმნაojakhis shekmnato start a familyLiterally 'to create a family' — Georgian says it just like the English phrase. sheqmna is to create: a file, a folder, a family. To get married: daqortsineba
- მდიდარიmdidaririchAbout people and about content: mdidari ena is a rich language. Wealth is simdidre, in the si-…-e frame
- ღარიბიgharibipoorthe opening gh is a voiced throaty sound, like a French r: gha-ri-bi
- თანამოსახლეtanamosakhleroommateThe prefix tana- means 'co-': tanamosakhle is a flatmate, tanamshromeli a coworker, tanaklaseli a classmate
- ბავშვობის მეგობარიbavshvobis megobarichildhood friendBavshvoba, childhood, in the 'whose' form: 'of childhood a friend'. The defining word comes first, the reverse of English order
- შორეული ნათესავიshoreuli natesavidistant relativeFrom shors, far away. In a Georgian family such a relative is invited to the wedding all the same
- ბავშვების აღზრდაbavshvebis aghzrdaraise childrenAghzrda means to grow and to bring up in one, from zrda, growth. A well-brought-up person is aghzrdili
- ცნობილიtsnobilifamousFrom tsnoba, to know, the same root as gatsnoba, to introduce. Literally 'knowable'
- ძლიერიdzlieristrongFrom dzala, strength, the same as in dzalian, very. A heavy rain is dzlieri too
- ნიშნობაnishnobaengagementThe -oba frame around nishani, a sign: literally 'a marking'. To get engaged is danishvna, and the groom after it is sakmro
- საქორწინო ბეჭედიsakortsino bechediwedding ringthe ts is a sharp clipped ts and the ch a sharp clipped ch: sa-kor-tsi-no be-che-di
- საქორწინო კაბაsakortsino kabawedding dressThe sa-…-o frame, as in sakortsino bechedi, the wedding ring, plus kaba, a dress. The wedding as an event is kortsili
- ახალდაქორწინებულებიakhaldakortsinebulebinewlywedsnine syllables: a-khal-da-kor-tsi-ne-bu-le-bi
- თაფლობის თვეtaplobis tvehoneymoonboth t's are aspirated, and tv has no vowel: tap-lo-bis tve
- შემოსახლებაshemosakhlebahousewarmingFrom saxli, a house, with the prefix shemo- (inward): literally 'a moving in'. The celebration of it is shemosakhlebis zeimi
- გლოვაglovamourningA day of mourning is glovis dghe. The same root in mgloviare, one who grieves
- გონივრულიgonivrulisensibleFrom goneba, mind, the same root as in gamogoneba, invention. About a person people more often say chkviani; gonivruli is about decisions
- სიკეთეsiketekindnessthe k is ejective: si-ke-te
- თავშეკავებაtavshekavebaself-restraintOf tavi, oneself, and shekaveba, to hold back: literally 'the holding in of oneself'
- მოთმინებაmotminebapatienceFrom tmena, to endure. Momtmeni, patient, is made from the same root
- ეგოიზმიegoizmiselfishnessA borrowing. In native words it is tavmoqvareoba, but that one has a softer shade: rather self-regard
- სიზარმაცეsizarmatselazinessThe si-…-e frame from zarmatsi, lazy
- ჯიუტობაjiutobastubbornnessThe ending -oba turns jiuti, stubborn, into a state. The adverb from it is jiutad, persistently
- ცნობისმოყვარეობაtsnobismoqvareobacuriositythe q in the middle is the guttural catch; the word is long: tsno-bis-mo-qva-re-o-ba
- პატიოსნებაpatiosnebadecencythe p is ejective: pa-ti-os-ne-ba
- მოხერხებულობაmokherkhebulobaresourcefulnessFrom kherkhi, a trick and a device, through mokherkheba, to manage. Resourceful is mokherkhebuli
- დაუდევრობაdaudevrobacarelessnessThe da-u-…-oba frame negates devna, to watch over: one who watches after nothing
- გაბედულიgabeduliresoluteFrom bedi, fate, through gabedva, to dare. Literally 'one who has risked his fate'
- მორცხვიmortskhvishythe rtskhv run has no vowel: mor-tskhvi
- წყენიანიtsqenianitouchythe tsq in a row: an ejective ts and the guttural q — ts-qe-ni-a-ni
- დამყოლიdamqolieasygoingthe mq in a row, with the guttural q: dam-qo-li
- ზედმიწევნითიzedmitsevnitimeticulousthe ts is ejective: zed-mi-tsev-ni-ti
- თავმოყვარეtavmoqvarepridefulthe q is the guttural catch: tav-mo-qva-re
- გულისხმიერიguliskhmieriwarm-heartedOf guli, the heart, and khma, a voice: one whose heart answers. The same root in guliskhmobs, to imply
- ჩაკეტილიchaketiliwithdrawnthe k is ejective: cha-ke-ti-li
- პირდაპირიpirdapiriblunttwo ejective p's: pir-da-pi-ri
- არაპროგნოზირებადიaraprognozirebadiunpredictableThe prefix ara- negates, and the ending -adi is the same as in ganakhlebadi. More colloquially: ver mikhvdebi, ras izams
- მორჩილებაmorchilebaobeyThe one obeyed stands in the 'to whom' form: shobebs emorchileba. The living form is emorchileba
- ტრაბახიtrabakhibragthe opening t is ejective: tra-ba-khi
- ჭორაობაchoraobaspread gossipthe opening ch is ejective: cho-ra-o-ba
- მოკატუნებაmokatunebapretendthe k and t are ejectives: mo-ka-tu-ne-ba
- თავის შეკავებაtavis shekavebahold backThe same root as in 'self-restraint', but here about one concrete time: tavi shevikave
- ხუმრობაkhumrobaplay a jokeBoth 'a joke' and 'to joke'. To play one on someone is vinmeze khumroba, with the tail -ze
- ტყუილის მოგონებაtquilis mogonebamake up a liethe tq in a row: an ejective t and the guttural q — tkuilis
- მიყურადებაmiquradebaeavesdropthe q is the guttural catch: mi-qu-ra-de-ba
- თავს მოხვევაtavs mokhvevaimpose oneselfLiterally 'to wind oneself around'. The same khveva root as in mokhveva, a turn
- სიტყვის შესრულებაsitqvis shesrulebakeep one's wordLiterally 'to carry out the word'. Shesruleba is to carry out a task, and the verb is the same
- დამსახურებაdamsakhurebadeserveFrom msakhureba, to serve. The same noun names a merit: es misi damsakhurebaa
- საყვედურის თქმაsaqveduris tkmareproachthe q is the guttural catch: sa-qve-du-ris
- შექებაshekebapraiseKeba is praising in general, and the preverb she- completes the action: to praise once
- განკითხვაgankitkhvacensureTo censure in conversation, not in court: a court delivers ganacheni. Dagmoba is condemning aloud and sharply
- იმედის გაცრუებაimedis gatsruebalet downLiterally 'to let the hope down'. Imedgatsrueba is disappointment as a feeling, while this is about an act
- განგებgangebdeliberatelyThe same as ganzrakh — deliberately, with calculation. It is formed from gangeba, arrangement, providence
- სისულელითsisulelitout of foolishnessThe si-…-e frame from suleli, foolish, gives sisulele, and the instrumental -it makes 'out of foolishness'
- კეთილი განზრახვითketili ganzrakhvitwith the best intentionsthe k in ketili is ejective
- ასე არ იქცევიანase ar iktsevianit is not doneLiterally 'people do not act so' — said in reproach of a deed
- ბოროტი განზრახვა არ ჰქონდაboroti ganzrakhva ar hkondahe meant no harmLiterally 'he had no evil intent'. Boroti is evil, ganzrakhva is an intent
- ნდობაndobatrustthe opening nd has no vowel: n-do-ba
- შურიshurienvyThe same word means 'vengeance': shuri idzia means 'he took revenge'. To envy is shuri akvs
- სიბრალულიsibralulipityThe si-…-i frame from brali, guilt. Shebraleba, to take pity, shares the root
- გავლენაgavlenainfluenceIt also sits in the turn gavlenis mokhdena, to have an influence. The stronger word is zegavlena
- ავტორიტეტიavtoritetiauthoritythe t twice, both ejectives: av-to-ri-te-ti
- ორმხრივადormkhrivadmutualthe rmkhr run has no vowel: or-mkhri-vad
- თანაბარ პირობებშიtanabar pirobebshion equal termsLiterally 'in equal conditions': tanabari, the same root as in 'equally', plus piroba. Tanastsorad is about standing, this one about conditions
- მორიგებაmorigebaget alongSherigeba is to make peace after a quarrel, while morigeba is to come to terms and get along
- განზე დგომაganze dgomastay on the sidelinesGanze gadgoma is to step aside once, while ganze dgoma is to stand apart constantly
- ქმარიkmarihusbandThe official word is meugle, spouse of either sex — that is what documents use
- ცოლიtsolia wifeThe partner of kmari. Unlike in some neighboring languages, it is a word of its own, not 'woman'
- ხალხიkhalkhipeople (persons)Grammatically singular, like English 'a crowd': the verb stays singular with it
- დედამთილიdedamtilihusband's motherdeda, mother, plus -mtili: the mother on the husband's side. The wife's mother has her own word, sidedri
- სიდედრიsidedriwife's motherThe si-…-i ring around deda: the mother on the wife's side. The partner of simamri, the wife's father
- მამამთილიmamamtilihusband's fathermama, father, with the same -mtili tail as the husband's mother. Three m sounds in a row, read them by syllables
- ქალიშვილის ქმარიkalishvilis kmarison-in-lawOne sidze means both groom and son-in-law; the first sense named the groom, so here it is literally 'the daughter's husband'
- რძალიrdzalidaughter-in-lawThe son's wife and the brother's wife are one word. The rdz opening is pronounced fused, no vowel between
- ძმისშვილიdzmisshvilinephewLiterally 'a brother's child': the word names whose child it is, not the child's gender
- დისშვილიdisshviliniecedis is the 'whose' form of da, sister: a sister's child. The root vowel drops out
- შვილიშვილი გოგონაshvilishvili gogonagranddaughtershvilishvili is both grandson and granddaughter; the gender gets named separately: gogona, a girl
- ტყუპებიtqupebitwinsAn ejective t and the throaty q in a row. In the singular tqupi is one of a pair
- ნათესაობაnatesaobakinFrom natesavi, a relative, with the -oba tail that gathers them all at once
- უფროსი ძმაuprosi dzmaolder brotheruprosi on its own means a boss; about kin it simply means the older one
- უმცროსი დაumtsrosi dayounger sisterThe partner of uprosi. da is sister, a two-letter word with no -i tail
- ერთადერთი შვილიertaderti shvilionly childertaderti is erti, one, said twice. shvili is a child of any gender
- ბიძაშვილი დაbidzashvili dafemale cousinbidzashvili is a male cousin: literally 'an uncle's child'. The da at the end specifies the girl
- დედინაცვალიdedinatsvalistepmotherdeda plus natsvali, a substitute: a mother in place of the mother
- მამინაცვალიmaminatsvalistepfatherThe same natsvali with mama. The exact partner of dedinatsvali
- ობოლიoboliorphanNo gender in the word. It also means 'lone, solitary': oboli sitqva is 'a single, lonely word'
- ქვრივიkvriviwidowBoth a widow and a widower: the gender shows only from the neighboring words. An aspirated k at the start
- მეუღლეmeughlespouseFrom ugheli, a yoke: the one in the same harness. No gender in the word
- მეუღლე ქალიmeughle kalia spouse (wife, formal)Since meughle has no gender, documents and official speech add kali — a woman
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What is worth knowing about these words
მეგობარი (megobari) — friend. Addressing a friend is megobaro: the ending -o is how Georgian calls out to someone.
ოჯახი (ojakhi) — family. A Persian word. About family one says hqavs — the verb for people, not akvs, the one for things.
დედა (deda) — mother. Hence dedaena, mother tongue — literally 'mother language'.
მამა (mama) — father. The trap for beginners: mama in Georgian is the father.
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “friend” in Georgian?
Addressing a friend is megobaro: the ending -o is how Georgian calls out to someone
- How do you say “neighbor” in Georgian?
The prefix me- often marks someone located somewhere or occupied with something: mezobeli, metevzi the fisherman
- How do you say “stranger” in Georgian?
The u- negates, tsnoba is to recognize: 'unrecognized'. Do not confuse with utskhoeli, foreigner — a stranger may well be one of your own
- How do you say “beard” in Georgian?
The second meaning is 'tip, point': the tsveri of a mountain is its summit
- How do you say “cheerful” in Georgian?
Said of people and of evenings alike: a mkhiaruli saghamo is a fun evening. The opening mkh is two consonants with no vowel between them
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Mum, friend, child, neighbour. The first thing people ask you about, and the first thing you tell about yourself.
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 “friend” in Georgian?
«მეგობარი» (megobari), read “megobari”. Addressing a friend is megobaro: the ending -o is how Georgian calls out to someone. It is one of 190 words in the set “people and family” — the rest are in the table above.
How many family 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.