ბატონები

Georgian

Etymology

From the plural of ბატონი (baṭoni), through a myth on spirits, that give malicious diseases to families they visit, which can be cured by a certain ritual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /batʼonebi/, [b̥atʼonebi]
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ტო‧ნე‧ბი

Noun

ბატონები • (baṭonebi) pl (plural only)

  1. A unified name for contagious diseases like measles, meeps, scarlet fever and so on.
  2. plural of ბატონი (baṭoni) in the original sense of the word (lord, gentleman, mister, sir)

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • წითელა-ბატონები (c̣itela-baṭonebi)
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