LingoflyShopping and money in Georgian
80 words in Georgian on the topic “shopping and money”: რა ღირს? (ra ghirs) — how much is it?, ლარი (lari) — lari, მაღაზია (maghazia) — store, ბაზარი (bazari) — market. 80 words can be played from recordings.
80 words on the topic
- რა ღირს?ra ghirs?how much is it?Literally 'what does it cost'. The gh is a voiced throat sound, like a French r
- ლარიlarilariThe currency sign is a stylized version of the Georgian letter l
- მაღაზიაmaghaziastoreA borrowing that traveled from Arabic through Turkish. The grocery kind adds a longer qualifier of its own
- ბაზარიbazarimarketA Persian word that came through Turkish. Tbilisi's main market still carries the name
- დახლიdakhlicounterThe shop counter and the bar top are one word. Behind the dakhli stands the seller
- 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
- სასწორიsastsoriscalesthe cluster s-sts frightens the eye but sounds simple: sas-tso-ri
- კილოგრამიkilogramikilogramAt the market they say the shorter kilo. The borrowing took the -i, like restorani
- სუფთაsuptafreshThe basic meaning is clean: supta tsqali, clean water. 'Fresh' in this sense is said of air and water: supta haeri. Fresh bread, fruit and vegetables are akhali, the same word as 'new'
- მწიფეmtsiperipethe ts is a short sharp ts, with no puff and no stretching
- ფასის ეტიკეტიpasis etiketiprice tagPasi is price, -is is the 'whose' form: 'the price's label'. At the market there is often no tag at all — you ask the price with your voice
- ფასდაკლებაpasdaklebadiscountAssembled from pasi (price) and dakleba (reduction). A long word, but both halves are short
- რამდენი გადავიხადო?ramdeni gadavikhado?how much do I owe?Literally 'how much do I pay'. Ramdeni is how many, and the v inside the verb is again 'I'
- ეს ძვირიაes dzviriait is expensiveThe -a at the end of the adjective is 'is': dzviri is expensive, dzviria is it-is-expensive
- უფრო იაფად შეიძლება?upro iapad sheidzleba?can it be cheaper?Upro is 'more': the main word of Georgian comparison. Literally 'can it be more cheaply?'
- ვიღებvighebI'll take itThe v- at the start is 'I', as in vcham. The same verb also means 'I get'
- არ მჭირდებაar mchirdebaI don't needThe m- at the start is 'to me', as in minda. Without the ar you get mchirdeba — I need
- სასურსათო მაღაზიაsasursato maghaziagrocery storeSursati is provisions, with the sa-...-o frame around it. Maghazia means shop
- კალათაkalatabasketthe k is a sharp, 'caught' sound: the tongue tears off the palate with a click, no puff of air
- რიგიrigiqueueAlso 'order, row'. Hence qvelapery rigzea, everything is in order
- სალაროsalarocheckoutThe place where one pays — in the store, in the bank and in the theater alike
- პარკიparkiplastic bagthe p is an ejective p, no puff: the lips open short and sharp
- ღიააghiaais openGhia, open, plus -a, is. Two a's in a row at the end — not a typo
- დაკეტილიაdaketiliais closedFrom daketva, to lock. On a store door it is exactly this word that hangs
- არჩევაarchevato chooseThe Georgian dictionary form is an action noun: not 'to choose' but 'choosing'. In speech: virchev, I choose
- ზომაzomasizeBoth clothing size and measure in general: zomieri, moderate
- გარანტიაgarantiawarrantyAppliances come with garantia, and the receipt states the term: orcliani garantia — a two-year warranty. The warranty slip is sagarantio taloni — without it the repair will cost money
- საქონლის დაბრუნებაsakonlis dabrunebaproduct returnsaqoneli is goods; in declension the e drops out of the middle: saqonlis. dabruneba covers the debt too — one word for everything returned
- რეკლამაreklamaadvertisingA borrowing without -i: words in -a refuse it. The adjective is sareklamo, by the sa-…-o frame. reklama xens mislis — the advertising gets in my way
- სარეკლამო რგოლიsareklamo rgolicommercialrgoli is a ring, a circle, and hence a clip: film reels were once wound in rings. Today it names any short video clip, including on social media
- ბრენდიbrendibrandA borrowing. cnobili brendi — a well-known brand; brendis tansamceli — brand-name clothes. The make of a car is called by the same word
- ლოგოlogologoThe short form has outlived the full logotipi. A word in -o never declines: logos gacvla — to change the logo; logoze — on the logo
- აქციაaktsiasaleOn the window you will see two words, and they are not the same: pasdakleba is the discount itself, aktsia is the event it was given for. A third meaning of aktsia is a street protest — and in the news that is exactly what it means
- მომგებიანი შეთავაზებაmomgebiani shetavazebagood dealmomgebiani comes from mogeba — winning, profit: profitable means profit-bringing. shetavazeba is an offer as in terms offered; a marriage proposal is also it, while the grammar sentence is cinadadeba
- ფასების შედარებაpasebis shedarebato compare pricesshedareba is a comparison, and the word also lives on its own. What you compare with is shown by -tan, the tail that answers 'with what': pasebis shedareba sxva magaziastan
- შეკვრაshekvrapackthe qvr is a sharp k, v and r in a row: shek-vra
- შუშაshushaglassGlass as a material and window glass. The drinking glass is chika, the bottle botli: tableware is not called by this word. Glass, the adjective, is shushis
- ლითონიlitonimetalthe th is an aspirated t: li-to-ni
- პლასტმასიplastmasiplasticthe p is ejective — sharp, no puff of air: plast-ma-si
- ქაღალდიkaghaldipaperthe q is aspirated, the gh voiced and throaty: ka-ghal-di
- გამძლეgamdzlesturdythe mdz is m and the fused dz in a row: ga-mdzle
- ხარისხიანიkhariskhianihigh-qualitythe risx is r, i, s, kh: kha-ris-khia-ni
- სავაჭრო ცენტრიsavachro tsentrimallthe ch is ejective — sharp: sa-va-chro
- ვიტრინაvitrinadisplay windowthe t is sharp: vit-ri-na
- მოლარეmolarecashierNo gender: a cashier is a cashier, he or she. A relative of salaro, the till. The shop assistant is gamqidveli — a different job
- შენაძენიshenadzenipurchasethe dz is one fused sound: she-na-dze-ni
- ბონუს ბარათიbonus baratiloyalty cardbarati is a card: the same word in sabanko barati, a bank card, and in misaloci barati, a greeting card. At the till they ask: bonusi barati gavxt?
- საჩუქრის შეფუთვაsachukris sheputvagift wrapsheputva is wrapping and to wrap; the same word packs dishes for a move. sacukari loses a vowel with the -is tail: sacukris. In the shop they offer: sacukrad shegiqutot? — shall we wrap it as a gift?
- სავაჭრო ურიკაsavachro urikashopping cartthe ch is ejective, the k sharp: u-ri-ka
- საქონლის გაცვლაsakonlis gatsvlato exchange an itemsaqoneli is goods — and cattle: the same word stands in saqonlis xorc. gacvla is an exchange. Exchanging currency is the same word: valutis gacvla
- დაბრუნების გაფორმებაdabrunebis gapormebato process a returngapormeba is to arrange with papers: a contract is arranged with the same word — xelshekrulebis gapormeba. The return of goods is saqonlis dabruneba
- წუნდებულიtsundebulidefectivethe ts is sharp: tsun-de-bu-li
- ზომა არ მომერგოzoma ar momergothe size didn't fitmergeba is to fit by size, and the person stands inside the verb: momergo — it fit me; mogergo — it fit you. The partner of zomaze momdis, it fits me
- ჩეკის შენახვაchekis shenakhvato keep the receiptcheki is the till receipt; the utility slip is kvitari — a different word. shenaxva means both to keep and to store
- ეს ყალბიაes qalbiait's a fakethe q is a throaty k: qqal-bi-a
- საქონელი მარაგშიაsakoneli maragshiain stockmaragi is a stock, a store; the -shi is 'in', and the final -a is 'there is'. Not in stock: maragshi ar aris, or shorter ar gavqs
- სხვა ფერზე გამოცვლაskhva perze gamotsvlato exchange for a different colorthe sxv is s, kh and v in a row: sxva
- მაჯის საათიmajis saatiwristwatchmaja is the wrist: literally 'the wrist's clock'. saati by itself is both an hour and a wall clock; majis specifies that it is worn on the arm
- სუნამოsunamoperfumeFrom suni, a smell. The word is singular, unlike the English. Eau de cologne is also sunamo: Georgian does not split men's and women's
- კოსმეტიკაkosmetikacosmeticsthe k twice sharp, the t sharp: kos-me-ti-ka
- მეორადიmeoradisecondhandFrom meore, second: secondhand is 'of the second hand'. A consignment shop is meoradi nivtebis magazia. New is axali, and about a thing it means exactly 'unworn'
- ვაჭრობაvachrobato hagglethe ch is ejective — sharp: va-chro-ba
- წიგნის მაღაზიაtsignis maghaziabookstoreTwo words, the first in the 'whose' form: 'a shop of books'. The library is biblioteka, and the two are not to be confused
- საბითუმოდsabitumodwholesaleFrom bitumi, a wholesale batch. Retail is satsalod, from tsali, a piece
- საგარანტიო ვადაsagarantio vadawarranty periodThe sa-…-o frame on garantia, warranty. Built the same way is sagarantio remonti, a warranty repair
- შეკვეთითshekvetitmade to orderShekveta, an order, with the tail -it: 'by the order'. Ready from the stock is maragidan
- აღებაaghebato takeThe noun form. The living form is avigheb, I will take: the prefix a- plus the version marker i-
- მიცემაmitsemato giveThe recipient takes the 'to whom' form, and it also sits inside the verb: mometsit, give me
- ყიდვაqidvato buyA trap next door: qidva is to buy, gaqidva is to sell. One prefix flips the roles
- კილო რა ღირს?kilo ra ghirs?how much per kilo?The order is the reverse of English: first the goods, then ra ghirs, 'what it costs'. The gh is throaty
- ფასდაკლება არის?pasdakleba aris?is there a discount?There is no separate 'whether': only intonation makes the question. Pasdakleba means discount
- გაქვთ...?gakvt...?do you haveOne word: the g- at the start is 'at you', the -th is the polite plural. The thing is placed in front of it
- ამას ავიღებamas avighebI'll take thisAmas is 'this' in the form the verb demands; avigheb is the future of agheba, to take
- პარკი მჭირდებაparki mchirdebaI need a bagThe m- inside the verb is 'to me'; no separate pronoun is needed. Parki means a bag
- სად არის სალარო?sad aris salaro?where is the checkout?Sad is where, and it always goes first. In fluent speech the linker is swallowed: sad aris sounds like one word
- სულ ესააsul esaathat's allLiterally 'in total this is'. Esaa is es and aris fused, and that is how it is always said
- ნაღდით თუ ბარათით?naghdit tu baratit?cash or card?The instrumental -ith on both words answers 'by what do we pay'. Tu here is 'or', not 'if'
- ხურდა არ მჭირდებაkhurda ar mchirdebakeep the changeKhurda is change; the negation ar stands right before the verb and never after it
- საყიდლების სიაsaqidlebis siashopping listSaqideli is 'a thing to buy'; in the plural 'whose' form a vowel drops out: saqidlebis
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
რა ღირს? (ra ghirs?) — how much is it? Literally 'what does it cost'. The gh is a voiced throat sound, like a French r.
ლარი (lari) — lari. The currency sign is a stylized version of the Georgian letter l.
მაღაზია (maghazia) — store. A borrowing that traveled from Arabic through Turkish. The grocery kind adds a longer qualifier of its own.
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 რა ღირს? (ra ghirs?) — how much is it?
- What is this word?
It is სასწორი (sastsori) — scales.
- What is this word?
It is ეს ძვირია (es dzviria) — it is expensive.
- What is this word?
It is სალარო (salaro) — checkout.
- What is this word?
It is საქონლის დაბრუნება (sakonlis dabruneba) — product return.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “how much is it?” in Georgian?
Literally 'what does it cost'. The gh is a voiced throat sound, like a French r
- How do you say “scales” in Georgian?
From stsori, even: scales are 'the thing that evens out'
- How do you say “it is expensive” in Georgian?
The -a at the end of the adjective is 'is': dzviri is expensive, dzviria is it-is-expensive
- How do you say “checkout” in Georgian?
The place where one pays — in the store, in the bank and in the theater alike
- How do you say “product return” in Georgian?
saqoneli is goods; in declension the e drops out of the middle: saqonlis. dabruneba covers the debt too — one word for everything returned
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.
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 “how much is it?” in Georgian?
«რა ღირს?» (ra ghirs), read “ra ghirs?” Literally 'what does it cost'. The gh is a voiced throat sound, like a French r. It is one of 80 words in the set “shopping and money” — the rest are in the table above.
How many shopping words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 80 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, 80 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.