საათი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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From Middle Georgian საათი (saati, clock), ultimately from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa). For the sense development of 'hour' → 'clock, watch' compare Turkish saat. Replaced the earlier ჟამი (žami, time, hour).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saatʰi/
  • Hyphenation: სა‧ა‧თი
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Noun

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საათი (saati) (plural საათები)

  1. hour
  2. clock, watch

Inflection

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bats: საათ (saat)

References

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  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “საათი”, 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 300