Etymograph

English

Telavi

Telavi comes from Georgian თელა ‘elm’, and goes back to მანა ‘a kind of plant’.

  1. Georgianmodernმანაmana‘a kind of plant’
  2. Georgian, derivedmodernთელაtela‘elm’
  3. Georgian, derivedmodernთელავიtelavi
  4. EnglishtodayTelavi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Georgianmodernმანაmana‘a kind of plant’
  2. Georgian, derivedmodernთელაtela‘elm’
  3. Georgian, derivedmodernთელავიtelavi
  4. EnglishtodayTelavi

Today it means

name The main city and administrative center of the eastern province of Kakheti, Georgia.

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

Etymograph / Georgian მანა / Telavi