თეთრკანიანი

From თეთრი (tetri, “white”) +‎ კანიანი (ḳaniani, “skinned, someone with a skin [of a certain type]”).

• IPA^(key): /tʰetʰrkʼaniani/, [tʰetʰɾkʼaniani]
• Hyphenation: თეთ‧რკა‧ნი‧ა‧ნი

თეთრკანიანი • (tetrḳaniani) (plural თეთრკანიანები)

1. white skinned person, white person, someone of Caucasian ethnicity

Despite the word-for-word translation for this word being whiteskinned, which is a slur in English, it carries no negative connotations in Georgian. Furthermore, this word is never used to refer to Caucasians as in inhabitants of the Caucasus region, it can only be translated as Caucasian in American English variety.

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