Meanings
plural Kartvelians
- A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
Synonyms: Kartvel, South Caucasian
- A Georgian person.
- A family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people.
But this is not just a borrowed label: in the Semitic, Kartvelian and Indo-European forms, a native verbal root has been reduplicated to form a noun which characteristically does the action of the verb.
2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 15Synonyms: South Caucasian
- not comparablepertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian.
Synonyms: South Caucasian, Georgian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
proper nounA family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people.
adjectivepertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian.
adjectivesame as Georgian (language or ethnicity)
Origin
- Georgianქართველი
- EnglishKartvelian
Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.
More words from Georgian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian грузинец, грузинка
- грузинец (gruzinec)member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- грузинка (gruzinka)member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- картвелски (kartvelski)family of languages
- картвелски (kartvelski)pertaining to the Kartvelian languages
Catalan kartvelià, kartvelià
- kartveliàfamily of languages
- kartveliàpertaining to the Kartvelian languages
Dutch Kartveels
- Kartveelspertaining to the Kartvelian languages
Polish Kartwel, Kartwelka
- Kartwelmember of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- Kartwelkamember of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- język kartwelskifamily of languages
- kartwelskipertaining to the Kartvelian languages
Russian картвел, картвелка
- картвел (kartvel)member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- картвелка (kartvelka)member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- картвельский (kartvelʹskij)family of languages
- картвельский (kartvelʹskij)pertaining to the Kartvelian languages
Ukrainian картве́л, картве́лка
- картве́л (kartvél)member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
- картве́лка (kartvélka)member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus
Cite this entry
Kartvelian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kartvelian
“Kartvelian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kartvelian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kartvelian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kartvelian.
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