LingoflyBuildings and premises in Georgian
21 words in Georgian on the topic “buildings and premises”: რესტორანი (restorani) — restaurant, მაღაზია (maghazia) — store, სადგური (sadguri) — station, ბაზარი (bazari) — market. 21 words can be played from recordings.
21 words on the topic
- რესტორანიrestoranirestaurantBorrowings take a tail -i: that is how the word joins Georgian declension
- მაღაზიაmaghaziastoreA borrowing that traveled from Arabic through Turkish. The grocery kind adds a longer qualifier of its own
- სადგურიsadguristationAlso 'station' in general: the metro station and the railway station are the same word
- ბაზარიbazarimarketA Persian word that came through Turkish. Tbilisi's main market still carries the name
- ბანკიbankibankA borrowing with the obligatory -i. A bank account inside it is banko angarishi
- აფთიაქიaptiakipharmacyA borrowing from Greek. The medicine it sells is a native word, tsamali
- სასურსათო მაღაზიაsasursato maghaziagrocery storeSursati is provisions, with the sa-...-o frame around it. Maghazia means shop
- საავადმყოფოsaavadmqopohospitalthe two a's at the start are pronounced separately: sa-avad-mqopo
- უნივერსიტეტიuniversitetiuniversityLong, but it reads letter by letter — in Mkhedruli there is no other way
- სკოლაskolaschoolNo -i at the end: the word ends in -a and declines by a different pattern
- ავტოსადგურიavtosadguribus stationSadguri is the station in general; the attached avto- separates the bus one from the railway
- ნავმისადგომიnavmisadgomipierNavi, boat, plus misadgomi, the place where one pulls in. The bigger port is navsadguri
- გადამცვლელი პუნქტიgadamtsvleli punktiexchange officeThe opening p is ejective, with a click. Valutis gadatsvla, currency exchange, shares the same root
- ზოოპარკიzooparkizooThe two o's in a row are read separately, not merged into one long vowel. The p is ejective
- ცირკიtsirkicircusA borrowing with the tail -i, like almost every word that moved in. The final k is ejective
- სახანძრო სამსახურიsakhandzro samsakhurifire stationFrom khandzari, fire: sakhandzro mankana is the fire truck. Samsakhuri is both service and work
- ავტოსამრეცხაოavtosamretskhaocar washSamretskhao is a laundry; the attached avto- moves it onto cars
- ტურისტული სააგენტოturistuli saagentotravel agencyThe two a's in a row in saagento are read separately. The opening t is ejective
- მთავარი ქუჩაmtavari kuchamain streetMtavari comes from tavi, head. The kh is aspirated, with a puff, not the ejective k
- ბილეთების სალაროbiletebis salaroticket officeThe English adjective here is a plural 'whose' form: literally 'the tickets' booth'
- კაფეkapecafeOnly English leaves the word unchanged through the cases; Georgian takes them all — kafeshi, kafedan. The k is ejective, the p aspirated
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
რესტორანი (restorani) — restaurant. Borrowings take a tail -i: that is how the word joins Georgian declension.
მაღაზია (maghazia) — store. A borrowing that traveled from Arabic through Turkish. The grocery kind adds a longer qualifier of its own.
სადგური (sadguri) — station. Also 'station' in general: the metro station and the railway station are the same word.
ბაზარი (bazari) — market. A Persian word that came through Turkish. Tbilisi's main market still carries the name.
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 რესტორანი (restorani) — restaurant.
- What is this word?
It is აფთიაქი (aptiaki) — pharmacy.
- What is this word?
It is ავტოსადგური (avtosadguri) — bus station.
- What is this word?
It is სახანძრო სამსახური (sakhandzro samsakhuri) — fire station.
- What is this word?
It is კაფე (kape) — cafe.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “restaurant” in Georgian?
Borrowings take a tail -i: that is how the word joins Georgian declension
- How do you say “pharmacy” in Georgian?
A borrowing from Greek. The medicine it sells is a native word, tsamali
- How do you say “bus station” in Georgian?
Sadguri is the station in general; the attached avto- separates the bus one from the railway
- How do you say “fire station” in Georgian?
From khandzari, fire: sakhandzro mankana is the fire truck. Samsakhuri is both service and work
- How do you say “cafe” in Georgian?
Only English leaves the word unchanged through the cases; Georgian takes them all — kafeshi, kafedan. The k is ejective, the p aspirated
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Where to go and what is done there. These words are read off a sign more often than they are spoken.
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 “restaurant” in Georgian?
«რესტორანი» (restorani), read “restorani”. Borrowings take a tail -i: that is how the word joins Georgian declension. It is one of 21 words in the set “buildings and premises” — the rest are in the table above.
How many words for buildings and places do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 21 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, 21 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.