Etymology

Tiflis

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Today it means: Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia. Full definition →

Russian Тифли́с ← Ottoman Turkish تفليس ← Persian تفلیس
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromتفلیس
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromتفليس
  3. Russian · borrowed fromТифли́с
  4. English todayTiflis

From Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís) and Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis).

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