ბატკანი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Middle Georgian ბატკანი (baṭḳani). It's hypothesized, that ბა- (ba-) is a prefix to show small age, youngness of something. Possibly, the -ან- (-an-) element is also an affix (cf. ბატკი (baṭḳi)). Compare ბავშვი (bavšvi) and ბარტყი (barṭq̇i).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /batʼkʼani/, [b̥atʼkʼani]
  • Hyphenation: ბატ‧კა‧ნი

Noun

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ბატკანი (baṭḳani) (plural ბატკნები)

  1. lamb

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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