სალათა

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Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Presumably borrowed from Turkish salata, ultimately from Venetian. Labelled by Orbeliani as a 'French' (Western European) word, with the native equivalent cited as the now-rare ტაბუცუნი (ṭabucuni).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /salatʰa/, [saɫatʰa]

Noun

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სალათა (salata) (plural სალათები)

  1. salad
  2. lettuce

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სალათა”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 557