Etymograph

English

Tbilisi

Tbilisi comes from Old Georgian ტფილისი.

  1. Old Georgianmodernტფილისიṭpilisi
  2. RussianmodernТбили́сиTbilísi
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2002Tbilisi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Georgianmodernტფილისიṭpilisi
  2. RussianmodernТбили́сиTbilísi
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2002Tbilisi

Earliest quotation: 2002, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook: “T'bilisi said guerillas^([sic]) it did not control were involved…”

Today it means

name The capital city of the country of Georgia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Georgian ტფილისი / Tbilisi